Livett Family wrote:
>
> Another effective technique is to use size 12 Wellingtons, or "Wellies" as
> they are popularly known down-under. A good stomp around on a dewy night
> with a  full moon and you dont have too many of the critters left in your
> vegetable patch. This is not for the faint-hearted, I leave this to my
> wife - thank you Dianne :)  The magpies and blackbirds have a feast early
> the next morning so no mess to clean up. Highly recommended.
> Cheers,
> Bruce L.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Grote <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Saturday, 11 July 1998 13:15
> Subject: Re: killing snails
>
> >Dear Conchlers,
> >
> >     In response to errant slugs and snails- Ortho makes a very effective
> >bait/poison that works great!  "Bug-Geta Snail and Slug Killer".   Other
> >methods include burying a container of beer near the trouble spots-  the
> >snails can't help themselves and will crawl in (to their demise), placing a
> >barrier of agricultural grit in a circle around chewed up plants (the
> >slugs/snails won't cross it), or placing a copper "collar" around the
> lowwer
> >stem- again they won't cross it.  The most humane method is to pick off
> the
> >most you can at night :(   Sorry to be so vigilante against our beloved
> >invertebrates!
> >
> >Sincerely,   Matt
 
Don't kill them!  Drive them away, put them in alcohol for study ...but
don't kill them...Thanks...Michael Huggins of M&M Huggins