• @derpgon
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    94 months ago

    I used to have a can full of salty water and a little piece of wood with a big nail extending out one end (looked like a prison shiv). I’d impale the slugs and put them in the can. Leave the can overnight, dump em by the field in the morning, rinse and repeat whenever needed.

          • @[email protected]
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            fedilink
            64 months ago

            No offense, but you’re definitely the type that would’ve in the middle ages salted his own crops and then cursed the “witch” next door

              • @[email protected]
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                fedilink
                84 months ago

                Very bad. In antiquity, if an army felt personally slighted by a populace, instead of just burning their crops, they would burn and salt the fields. That would prevent the earth from being arable for generations. The salt prevents plant roots from drawing up water, so until the salt is washed away with enough rain (talking tens to hundreds of years depending on how much salt), nothing will grow.

      • @derpgon
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        44 months ago

        Gotta get used to it. It’s free and more ecological - no chemicals at all. Also great grandpa-grandson bonding time. Slugs first, homegrown cucumber with salt later 👌