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Article #164Re: Summer Winds and Sales (was Re: heirloom tomatoes)
From: The Ranger
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:02
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:02
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bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> suggested in message news:3pSfc.12743$A_4.2797@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... > > "Tiger Snail Invasion" > > > For what it's worth, they won't cross copper wire, if you > have access to any, make a ring, put it around the plant. Really? I didn't know that. Thanks. I know I've got a ton of copper wire in the garage that's just collecting dust. > I've also found that supplying a suitable home for the snails near > the plants (like an overturned coffee can, kind of half-tipped over) > works pretty good... go out the next morning, gather all the snails > and throw them in your neighbor's yard... do that a few days, you > can put a pretty sizeable dent in the snail population. I've been using a similar trap for those that gorge themselves and don't make it back. I'm a little more direct about removing the problem, though. The four scrub jays that patrol my trees really appreciate my efforts at cracking open those calcium-based shells. The Ranger
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: faa31,329620f99a2012d4 X-Google-Attributes: gidfaa31,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-17 09:57:08 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!grnfld.ppp.tsoft.COM!not-for-mail From: "The Ranger" <cuhulain_-98@yahoo.com> Newsgroups: ba.gardens Subject: Re: Summer Winds and Sales (was Re: heirloom tomatoes) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:02:59 -0700 Organization: Yahooin' All The Way! Lines: 24 Message-ID: <c5rnl1$52o1t$1@ID-61173.news.uni-berlin.de> References: <Ru3ec.4497$k05.4271@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net> <c5c8e8$3t1d$1@ID-61173.news.uni-berlin.de> <PJiec.5847$A_4.1144@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> <c5n9pv$3lfo4$1@ID-61173.news.uni-berlin.de> <3pSfc.12743$A_4.2797@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> Reply-To: "The Ranger" <cuhulain_-98@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: grnfld.ppp.tsoft.com (198.144.199.253) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1082221026 5333053 I 198.144.199.253 ([61173]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165