Thanks for an interesting idea, Kathleen!!! On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 6:57 PM Kathleen Sayce via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > A couple of years ago I read that an Oregon State University research > team, and members from other universities, tested a group of slug > attractant ideas, and found that the top one was actively fermenting bread > dough. It even beat beer as a slug attractant! It can be used several ways, > as dough balls under a protective cover (to provide cool shade for slugs), > or as a thin, bubbling liquid in a container buried to the rim in the > ground. The benefit of the latter method is that slugs move into the liquid > and drown. > Here’s a link to a research paper on the topic: > https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/… < > https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/…> > Homemade bread ferments are even cheaper than beer. : ) > > Kathleen > PNW coast, AQI has fallen to 20 over the past couple of hours, visibility > is still poor through the smoke. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…