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Clear the area around the mailbox of leafy green plants attractive to slugs.mailbox image by palms from Fotolia.com
Remove any foliage growing up the mailbox post and around the mailbox. Slugs eat tender leaf plants; removal of their food source helps to keep them out of the area. - 2). Place two 3-inch-long pieces of plastic tubing inside the mailbox. Overnight the slugs may move inside the tubing. Early in the morning remove the tubing and shake it over a bucket of soapy water until any slugs inside the tubing fall into the water.
- 3). Draw a thick line using sidewalk chalk around the pole on which the mailbox is mounted. The website Pest Control Options asserts that slugs will not typically cross over the line of chalk. Sidewalk chalk can be found at craft and hobby stores.
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Use sidewalk chalk to create a barrier around the pole on which the mailbox is mounted.sidewalk chalk image by Jeffrey Sinnock from Fotolia.com
Sprinkle table salt on the slugs. The salt will eliminate the slugs on contact by drying out the slug's body. - 5
Table salt destroys slugs on contact.Salt Shaker on Table- Portrait image by kellykramer from Fotolia.com
Spread a layer of lava rocks around the base of the mailbox post. According to Eartheasy, the coarse surface of the lava rocks deters the slugs from climbing over them.
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