[sockmonkey]

I found ten of those little devils tonight; have you ever had slugs, and if so, what did you find worked best?

I would guess slugs like beer as much as snails. Place a shallow bowl of beer, in an indent in the ground, so the bowl is level to the ground, and the slugs have no trouble getting into it.

I don't actually use that method. I like a product called Deadline, and also the cheapo walmart version of sluggo. Deadline has mulluscicides or however you spell it in it, and sluggo is iron sulfate or something that is non toxic, organic, etc. As sluggo breaks down, it enriches the soil.

Continued good luck with your cucuzzas. :)

I am really enjoying the Tromboncino and Cucuzzi on cattle panels project this year. I had never tried, seen, or even heard of either one. They grow so fast, and they're so big. I was out there..yes..on a ladder awhile ago, to hand pollinate some cucuzzi, but my flashlight wasn't cooperating, or my cats that wanted to get on the ladder to help, so I came back in.

[mlizzy]

Thanks for all the info. I'll look up sluggo. Maybe that would work, and it sounds the easiest.

The first time I saw those amazing types of squash was a couple years ago grown by our Italian neighbors who owned a pizza restaurant in town. They grew these squash right up over their carport and sometimes pulling in was a bit of a game.

If you can post a picture of your squash, please do... climbing up to see it, all the better.... -lol-