Tuesday, January 4, 2011

How to Make a Slug Trap

Things you will need:
2 liter bottle
Knife
6 cups of warm water
6 tablespoons of flour
3 teaspoon of sugar
1½ teaspoon of yeast

1. First you need to take your empty 2 liter bottle and cut a large square out on one side of it. The cut should be at least 2-3 inches from the bottom of the bottle and at least 3 inches wide. At this point, the first half of the slug trap is finished. The next step is to make the slug juice to put in the slug trap which is going to attract the slugs.
2. Measure 6 cups of water and mix with 6 Tablespoons of flour. Next add the 3 teaspoons of brown sugar and last the 1 1/2 teaspoons of yeast. Stir all these items together until mixed well.
3. Next take your slug trap and slug juice to the garden. Dig a hole where the slug trap is needed and place bottle down in dirt until the bottom of the cut on side of bottle is lined up with the soil. Once placed in firmly, pour slug juice in the slug trap:]

This is what your slug trap should look like:



Proof that it is working:

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