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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 22:41:47 GMT, "Magic Mood JeepĀ©"
wrote: Tobacco juice works as well. My mom used to buy the 'bricks' of chewing tobacco, soak it in a coffee can of water for a couple for days, then pour that water (looked like tea or coffee) into a sprayer or squirtbottle, and spray weeds/grass that she didn't want growing. It's the Nicotine that kills the plants. Works very well on poison ivy & other vines. That's *far* from nontoxic to mammals. As for salt, the water is just a carrier so any ratio that will pour (including dry salt) will do - the weaker the solution, the more you need. It doesn't take much. T.E.D. - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body) |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.misc", Ted Davis
artfully composed this message within on 01 Jun 2004: As for salt, the water is just a carrier so any ratio that will pour (including dry salt) will do - the weaker the solution, the more you need. It doesn't take much. Thanks Ted. Always looking for non-toxic ways. I always do what Sunflower wrote, and just pull them. But in between pavers and along the walkway, pulling all the time just gets silly because I can't get the root if it's under the bricks. This sounds like something worth trying. Will it deter slugs as a possible bonus? -- Cheryl |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.misc", Ted Davis
artfully composed this message within on 01 Jun 2004: As for salt, the water is just a carrier so any ratio that will pour (including dry salt) will do - the weaker the solution, the more you need. It doesn't take much. Thanks Ted. Always looking for non-toxic ways. I always do what Sunflower wrote, and just pull them. But in between pavers and along the walkway, pulling all the time just gets silly because I can't get the root if it's under the bricks. This sounds like something worth trying. Will it deter slugs as a possible bonus? -- Cheryl |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:00:58 -0500, Cheryl
wrote: In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.misc", Ted Davis artfully composed this message within on 01 Jun 2004: As for salt, the water is just a carrier so any ratio that will pour (including dry salt) will do - the weaker the solution, the more you need. It doesn't take much. Thanks Ted. Always looking for non-toxic ways. I always do what Sunflower wrote, and just pull them. But in between pavers and along the walkway, pulling all the time just gets silly because I can't get the root if it's under the bricks. This sounds like something worth trying. Will it deter slugs as a possible bonus? Don't know. Salting fields is an ancient way of ensuring that your defeated enemy cannot rise again, at least not at the same place. The Romans supposidly did this to Carthage in 146 BCE - the story is probably untrue, but illustrates that the use of salt as a vegatation killer goes back a *long* way. T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 20:00:58 -0500, Cheryl
wrote: In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.misc", Ted Davis artfully composed this message within on 01 Jun 2004: As for salt, the water is just a carrier so any ratio that will pour (including dry salt) will do - the weaker the solution, the more you need. It doesn't take much. Thanks Ted. Always looking for non-toxic ways. I always do what Sunflower wrote, and just pull them. But in between pavers and along the walkway, pulling all the time just gets silly because I can't get the root if it's under the bricks. This sounds like something worth trying. Will it deter slugs as a possible bonus? Don't know. Salting fields is an ancient way of ensuring that your defeated enemy cannot rise again, at least not at the same place. The Romans supposidly did this to Carthage in 146 BCE - the story is probably untrue, but illustrates that the use of salt as a vegatation killer goes back a *long* way. T.E.D. ) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. |
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As for salt... It doesn't take much.
...Will it deter slugs as a possible bonus? Yes it will. Every night, I put a bowl of food out by the front door for strays and visiting neighbors and the slugs get into it. To prevent this I sprinkle a little salt around. The slugs won't go near it. Sprinkle a few grains of salt on a slug and you will see why. Use very little salt, especially if you have plants growing nearby. |
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As for salt... It doesn't take much.
...Will it deter slugs as a possible bonus? Yes it will. Every night, I put a bowl of food out by the front door for strays and visiting neighbors and the slugs get into it. To prevent this I sprinkle a little salt around. The slugs won't go near it. Sprinkle a few grains of salt on a slug and you will see why. Use very little salt, especially if you have plants growing nearby. |
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