My preferred way to kill individual large trees (Ailanthus) is to make a ring a few inches wide that removes the bark and cambium layer around the tree. The food to the roots is cut off and the tree is dead, though it may take a year or more to actually die. Need to check occasionally that any new growth didn't occur to rejoin the upper and lower. For smaller trees, broomstick diameter, I sometimes scrape off the cambium. But sometimes I drill a slanting hole in the trunk (my biggest bit is 1/2 inch) and fill the hole with dry miracle grow. Then I add some water so there is a high concentrated solution of the nutrient salts. This works especially well for suckering plants or if I have a lot of trees to kill. As I said, our primary enemy is Ailanthus and with dry summers I don't want regular salt around. Hope this helps. Shmuel Jerusalem Israel Zone 9a On Sat, Aug 26, 2023, 3:20 AM Leigh Blake via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > ARG!!! I'm grateful that our native slugs and snails are so > cooperative!!! And we love our little RED Snails...too..Our worst > pests...which i keep yelling about are the California Ground > Squirrels...and we are missing our native foxes and Coyote.... Back to the > balance!! Have a wonderful PEACEFUL weekend... Headed down to Kathy Allen's > wonderful Rock garden tomorrow.. a lot of smoke here...from > California..and the Flat fire to our west > > > HUGS!! > > Leigh. > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 9:05 AM Kathleen Sayce via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > As I told Shmuel, my climate is wet (70-110 inches per year, 180-280 cm) > > so I can get away with a little salt on a slug every now and then. It’s > not > > my preferred option, but when 10+ chocolate slugs are eating Kniphofia > > flowers in broad daylight, it’s quite satisfying. And the kniphofia is > > fine. > > > > Kathleen > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…