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Snails
Platform protectors against snails, slugs, sow-bugs (or wood lice) and
crawling (not flying) insects may be made by placing boards on tins for
legs which stand on greased bricks or in pans containing a little
oil of any kind. Seed pans and flats placed on these platforms will be
safe from visitation and the seedlings they contain from attack so long
as the greasiness continues or the oil remains.
Slugs and snails often do serious damage to plants during wet seasons
and in damp situations. Lime and wood ashes will control them. These materials
exhaust their supplies of slime, weaken and kill them. They may also
be trapped with bits of freshly cut carrot placed in damp spots at evening
and visited in early morning. Poisoning their food with arsenate of lead
is also effective.
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See Also: Garden Pests
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