Slug pepper

Slugs (413)

I no longer have the remedy but I can tell you how I made it. It is based on Steiner's 2 processes which both involve decomposition. He describes 2 options: one of breaking down through heat (cremation); the other through natural decomposition. I experimented with both. With the heat process I simply put a few slugs into a tin can and heated this over a fire until there was just the charred remains. I then triturated this in lactose to a 3C potentisation and then took this into higher potencies in alcohol. The decomposition process was easier and produced better results. I immersed the some slugs in water and left them to die and decompose for about 3 weeks. I then added an equal amount of alcohol to give a roughly 50% alcohol water mixture. I shook this to mix it thoroughly and then left it for about another week. I used isopropyl alcohol rather than ethanol as it was cheaper for me in those days but ethanol is the usual in making tinctures and homeopathic dilutions so I would recommend ethanol. The alcohol acts as a bacteriostatic after the bacteria have done their work in the decomposition. I then potentised this by hand up to low decimal potewncies. I think 10X (D10) was about the final potency I settled on. This was then diluted about 1 in a thousand in water in a 5-litre garden sprayer, which was shaken vigorously for 2 or 3 minutes ("succussed" in homeopathic terms). I cleared a path around my garden and between rows of any weeds or grass and sprayed this after the sun had gone down to minimise evaporation and allow it to sink into the soil. I think I started dowing this nightly for a few nights and then lessened the frequency until it was about once a week. I had to remove the slugs that were already inside the garden perimeter for several nights until it was clean. Subsequent inspections showed no slugs for a period of weeks that I used it. (413)