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James Hirtle asks:
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> I've been asked about whether Safer - Slug & Snail Killer is okey to
> use in regards to potential affects to birds. I'm not sure what birds
> would eat slugs and snails or what other insects might be affected by
> this item, which birds might potentially eat.
According to Safer's, their killer is safe for domestic animals, birds,
and insects. It is a ferric sodium EDTA compound that attracts the slugs
and causes them to go into hiding, stop eating, and die. (Note, though,
that the safety precautions on the label treat it as nasty stuff that
you don't want your kids to mess with.)
In our garden we don't use commercial products. We use a combination of
yeast traps (some folks use beer, but that's a waste -- it's the yeast
that attracts the slugs), eggshells (or any other gritty material that
can penetrate the slime trail), copper mesh, and mechanical means (my
wife goes around with scissors & cuts the adult slugs in half. I don't
do that -- she's the sadistic one in our family <g>).
This year has actually been relatively slug-free -- a combination of a
real winter and a fairly dry spring, I reckon.
Cheers,
Doug Linzey
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Snail Killer is okey to use in regards to potential affects to
birds. I'm not sure what birds would eat slugs and snails or
what other insects might be affected by this item, which birds
might potentially eat. <br>
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According to Safer's, their killer is safe for domestic animals,
birds, and insects. It is a ferric sodium EDTA compound that
attracts the slugs and causes them to go into hiding, stop eating,
and die. (Note, though, that the safety precautions on the label
treat it as nasty stuff that you don't want your kids to mess with.)<br>
<br>
In our garden we don't use commercial products. We use a combination
of yeast traps (some folks use beer, but that's a waste -- it's the
yeast that attracts the slugs), eggshells (or any other gritty
material that can penetrate the slime trail), copper mesh, and
mechanical means (my wife goes around with scissors & cuts the
adult slugs in half. I don't do that -- she's the sadistic one in
our family <g>).<br>
<br>
This year has actually been relatively slug-free -- a combination of
a real winter and a fairly dry spring, I reckon.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Doug Linzey<br>
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