Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 12:09:03 -0800 From: Chris Teichreb <cjteichr@sfu.ca> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg681$foo@default> Subject: Re: slugs
Hi Fred,
Birds can be a pest, often going for the insects in the pitchers.
I have extra problems with racoons, so I basically 'cage' my bog with
chicken wire. Not the most attractive solution, but it works. The bird
netting should work. Also try tying brightly coloured peices of fabric to
posts within the bog (works to scare away some birds, others are attracted
to it though!). Buy a cat, station it around the bog :-)!
The main problem I've always had with birds is stealing sphagnum
moss for their nests. Must be easy to build with, as they seem to come
from miles around.
Chris
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>I have set a couple pots with the rim on an even level with the ground, I >pour beer inside, I only need empty the jar every two-three days, when >it's full of drowned slugs :)) > >I also have a problem with birds pecking my Sarracenias to pieces in the >boggarden, I've recently set up a net to protects my plants, does anyone >have any other solution ? > >Fred > >At 07:46 11/03/2000 -0800, you wrote: >>We use shallow dishes of beer in our vegetable garden. In the morning >>the dishes are full of dead, but happy, slugs. >>Bryan >>Charlotte, Vermont >> >>bruce dudley wrote: >> >>> Hi Growers >>> >>> I need to learn how to keep slugs out of my Sarracenia >>> pots. They really do some damage to tender roots and >>> mess the dirt up with their slime. I have checked the >>> pots now that the weather has warmed into the upper >>> 70's to mid 80's, and there aren't any yet. I cleaned >>> them out last fall. Now, how do I keep them out? I'm >>> also thinking that I will have some eggs hatch. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Bruce >> >> >>
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