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Re: Slugs and Copper

From: einsteiN On The Beach hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 1999.10.18 at 00:46:29(3765)
At 07:17 PM 10/17/99 -0500, Don Burns wrote:
>This is an interesting phenomena. Does anyone have an explanation for the
>slugs' eschewing copper? Could there be some electrolytic action going on
>and the slugs don't like the tingle?
>
>Don
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have mercy on the poor naked slug! put out outer leaves of lettuce, the
ones you might toss away, and in the morning, throw the lettuce and slugs
into your neighbor's garden.
hermine

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