Caladiums, green dragon and slugs

From: jbauer at concordnc.com on 1999.10.17 at 14:47:29(3759) Hi Aroiders, I have thoroughly enjoyed the solid red Caladiums that I ordered from Dick Mansell of Florida this past spring. Sadly I will have to take them up in another week or two to store them here in Charlotte NC area. But looking forward to planting these Caladiums next June. Someone is sending me seeds from a green dragon plant. They want to know if it would be safe for me to sow these seeds directly into the ground this late in the growing season. Or should I wait until next March to sow these seeds? I sowed different jack-in-the-pulpit seeds this August directly in the ground. These just came up last week. Other Arisaema seeds that I have sowed in August in previous years have survived our winters. Speaking of Aroids. I bought an Arisaema ringens 'Puto' plant September 1993. My Arisaema ringens 'Puto' has never bloomed. The foliage returns each year. I have extras of this Arisaema ringens 'Puto' to trade. They keep mulitplying but don't bloom. 'As the Slug Turns': Has anyone tried gluing a continuous row of copper pennies around the rim of flower pots to repel slugs? How about a continuous loop of solid 16 AWG bare copper wire around the base of plants? I am experimenting with this. No results are in. Instead of mail ordering the $6 slug motels I found some cute little plastic toy boxes, domes, etc. from a second hand store. I spray painted only the top clear part of a box and drilled 1/4 inch holes into the sides for the slugs to enter. I plan on gluing beads onto this to make it look like a little treasure chest in my yard. Judy Bauer +More Concord NC

From: Diane Laird DianeLaird at compuserve.com> on 1999.10.17 at 23:57:59(3760) >> Has anyone tried gluing a continuous row of copper >> pennies around the rim of flower pots to repel slugs? >> How about a continuous loop of solid 16 AWG bare +More >> copper wire around the base of plants? Common wisdom here (Seattle area) says that the copper strips and wire don't work unless the slug has to slime across 3 inches of copper. Of course you may not have 7-inch long slugs in NC (I could send you some if you like). One of the best controls is an organic one -- the Ground Beetle, Carabus nemoralis. They eat slug eggs and small slugs. (They also dine on caterpillars in trees, cutworms, maggots, other beetle larvae.) If they are present in your area, you can find them in rotting logs in the woods and create a habitat for them in your garden by providing a shallow water source (such as a large stone with a dip in it that will collect water) and rock piles in which they can hide during the day. I have friends who have had success with Sluggo, the new commercials "organic" slug bait. Diane Laird Seattle

From: RRIWAHO at aol.com on 1999.10.18 at 00:02:09(3761) hi aroids; per slugs, my best defence here in Nashville,Tn. is the old beer in a saucher/lid. Tlhe slimmies eat untill thay are dead, thank goodniess `even old stale beer seames to work of course theres the chems. kill, kill,kill. Well good growing,

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