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cascais · **Posted: 27-10-2008 , 08:49 PM** #90

hi marie,
another tip for the slugs : used coffee powder from coffee maker , the egg shells work great too as carissa was saying also, but the coffee powder mixes in with the earth after while so you need to put some more at the base of the veggies . anything that is hard to crawl onto, so anything grindy does the trick perfect.
wont get rid of the slugs completely but will keep them away for a while.

also the flower marygold is supposed to be great for insects, but caution, one insect loves it, so you get rid of some but attract others with it...

hope that helps

cascais

	Posted: 27-10-2008 , 08:49 PM #90
cascais Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Leixlip, Co. Kildare Posts: 2,392	slugs hi marie, another tip for the slugs : used coffee powder from coffee maker , the egg shells work great too as carissa was saying also, but the coffee powder mixes in with the earth after while so you need to put some more at the base of the veggies . anything that is hard to crawl onto, so anything grindy does the trick perfect. wont get rid of the slugs completely but will keep them away for a while. also the flower marygold is supposed to be great for insects, but caution, one insect loves it, so you get rid of some but attract others with it... hope that helps cascais