tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post8661120984979466269..comments2024-03-22T18:15:47.666+11:00Comments on Boy on a bike: Coffee and slugs?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27584252.post-52519878729596525562008-04-06T01:49:00.000+11:002008-04-06T01:49:00.000+11:00The gardening show suggested making up a cup of es...<I>The gardening show suggested making up a cup of espresso coffee, diluting it with 5 parts water and then pouring it around any plants that are getting chomped</I><BR/><BR/>I have heard that coffee plants can kill themselves by poisoning the ground with their coffee beans...<BR/><BR/>concerning slug doom: <BR/>Could be that the caffeine in the coffee works as a poison to the Central Nervous System (google the effects of caffeine on spider's webs)<BR/>Caffeine could cause slug heart attacks<BR/>Caffeine's diuretic effect could dehydrate the slug.<BR/>Caffeine could increase adrenaline which might effect mucus secretion leading to dessication<BR/><BR/>I anxiously await the results of your scientific inquiry. (If I had a tiny EKG machine I could donate to this pursuit, i would)<BR/><BR/>pointless slug factoid : slugs are hermaphrodites and if, while mating, their wangs get entangled they will chew off their mate's wang. Aieeeeeee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com