Their motto is "Go Slugs!". 
Posted on 11/02/2005 9:00:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
Well, it would be world-ending ... for the slugs.
Being from the wet and wonderful Pacific Northwest, the only thing I can say is:
Let it be so!
Them things are the grodiest, skankiest things on earth. Totally worthless. I'm lucky if I can grow a single radish without them sob's getting it.
Of course, they don't eat weeds...
The green varieties are numerous in many canyons in the Northern Sierras.
Their motto is "Go Slugs!".
Maybe the students their like beer, too. I think it would be tough to show a lot of team pride with a slug as your mascot, at least if you were sober!
I guess I should read the whole article before posting my usual smart a%% replies:)
What's in the upper right corner? It's looks like a wood sorrel (Oxalis spp.) to me but I'm really only familar with midwest plants.
You posted the "before" picture, with Sammy's arms around the happy couple. Here's a crop of the "after" picture...
That's either O. albicans or O. corniculata, depending upon whom you ask. The O. pes-caprea of which you speak is bigger and more open. Both are a problem. 3% 1,1,1 triclopyr shot at between 65° and 75° works well but the former is more persistent because its seed is viable and can remain dormant for long periods (ants harvest it and replant when they run low). The O. pes carprea is harder to kill but is reportedly sterile, spreading by bulblets alone. It takes about two years to get rid of the bulk of it.
Interestingly, we have what is (supposedly) a native oxalis, O. pilosa (or O. albicans var pilosa according to Jepson). Jepson considers O. albicans californica and O. albicans pilosa to be native. Unfortunately, if you go to the Jepson it will also tell you that (in a note at the bottom) O. albicans v. pilosa may in fact be a variety of O. corniculata. Then you go to the O. corniculata page and they call that a widespread invasive native exotic!
Personally, I think they're all exotic variants of O. corniculata, so I should have been more precise in my first post. In any case, I kill them all. It's a bad forage plant and out-competes the native bunch grasses and their cohorts.
That's odd, it would appear that here in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the forest is actually expanding. Logging has all but stopped and grazing has greatly declined. And of course the nanner slugs are having a population explosion.
You're on the verge of getting a carpet cleaning bill...
Not all non-natives are bad!
Then farm it and keep it under control. Better yet, develop a sterile variety that lowers it cost of containment.
Sounds like a winner. I love that stuff in a turkey sandwich. It's way better than the 'falfa sprouts that the hippie sawdust eaters push.
While considered an edible plant possessing medicinal value, chickweed does does exhibit some toxic properties and is not recommended for pregnant women.
Since I'll never be a pregnant woman, I'll not bother to inquire as to the reason for that, but the so-called 'toxic' properties are actually the most beneficial properties of the plant. It is mildly anti-microbial, and thus provides substiantial protection from parasites without causing the digestive problems that the alfalfa does. The medical community has considerable difficulty being honest about herbs, for obvious reasons. ;o)
>> Saturday night toad lick! Yes Sir! <<
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!
It depends upon which bugs it kills as to whether that's a good thing.
The medical community has considerable difficulty being honest about herbs, for obvious reasons.
Actually, that data came from an herbalist site, but I'm with you there. I'm a big fan of pro-biotics too.
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