From: gunilla.fagerholm@_NO_JUNK_telia.com   
      
   Thanks a lot for the suggestion.   
   I guess you make certain that the ground is quite level so that the   
   slugs cannot get underneath the plastic pipe. And with your suggestion   
   i also think that a growing table with all four legs put into basins   
   with a lot of water and some little liquid washing detergent in it,   
   would do.   
      
   Do you know if monkeys eat mushrooms? If so, we might have to tame   
   some leopards (instead of Dobermans) to take care of the problem.   
      
   The production sites will be very close to the rainforest so there   
   will be a lot of monkeys around.   
      
   Tks a lot for sharing the patented method (about the Dobermans?) with   
   me. I will recommend it to everyone i come across.   
      
   Bi for now   
   Gunilla   
      
      
   On 18 Jul 2006 07:35:08 -0700, FloridaMycology@cs.com wrote:   
      
   >   
   >How To Stop Slugs From Getting Into Your Mushroom Patch   
   >Here is how to stop your slug problem.  We had problems like this with   
   >our Shiitake patches.  We just bought 4 inch plastic pipe in 10 foot   
   >lengths.  The pipe is then cut in half long ways to produce 10 foot   
   >long troughs so each 10 foot length gives 20 feet   
   >of trough.  The pieces are cut on the ends with 90 degree cuts so that   
   >the pieces match up to make a square.  Make the size of the trough to   
   >fit your needs.  Glue the trough   
   >together.  Fill with water.  Slugs will not cross, as with a lot of   
   >other trouble makers.   
   >For even more protection, add a little liquid dish washing detergent to   
   >break the surface tension of the water.  Then, if anything tries to   
   >cross it, they sink right to the bottom.   
   >Get rid of any that somehow are inside, and that should be the end of   
   >the problem.  But, then we started having problems with Raccoons eating   
   >them.  Put some Dobermans in the area, that took care of that problem.   
   >And, the dogs did not eat the mushrooms.  I have never seen this method   
   >used by anyone else.  This is the first time I have ever shared this   
   >information.  Although this method is now Copyrighted, I allow its free   
   >use to anyone who wants to use it.  It works!....slp/fmrc   
   >   
      
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