Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 02:59:04 -0700 From: Steven_I._Lanham@mailhost.bridge.com (Steven I. Lanham) To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1403$foo@default> Subject: VFTs and slugs
Hello as a gardener/CP grower I was working in the strawberry patch
and I found a nest?? of slugs I was about to kill them when I thought
why not feed them to my VFTs. I then decided to experiment with them
choosing 4 VFTs of the same size in two pots I fed one in each pot.
Planing to keep it even I fed one trap one slug on each plant the
other plant I fed I large sowbug. Checking them each day it was five
days before I saw any thing out of the ordinary. The slug fed VFTs
where exploding into growth the control plants had some growth too but
on a much lower scale. When the traps opened it was impossible to
remove the slug remains as they had stuck to the sides of the trap.
Fearing fungus I removed the traps. To give to some back ground these
plant had broken dormancy in early march and I had keep one trap fed
at all times. It is my opinion that VFTs like slugs for dinner :-)
As I am at war with slugs all summer long I plant to keep feeding them
to my VFTs any one else have a what I fed my VFT story to share??
Regards Steve Lanham
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