[HPforGrownups] Flesh-eating slug repellent

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 47377



GulPlum wrote:
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> Quite. Although it's not really a side mention. In the book, Harry
> tells
> Ron & Hermione about Hagrid having been shopping for it, for the
> cabbages;
> in the movie, Hagrid actually walks past them with a fresh supply,
> stating
> its purpose is for the Mandrakes (which, incidentally, are in the
> greenhouse, and therefore presumably safer from pests?).
> 
> One way or another, Hagrid's role is definitely fishy.
> 


Greenhouses are not pest free. Take it from someone who had to deal with
every kind of bug imaginable sneaking into a greenhouse PLUS termites
eating the supports of the greenhouse itself.  Bugs are experts at
finding their way into anyplace.. just look at roaches for example.  The
humidity in a greenhouse is heaven for slugs and once snails or slugs
get in, its a pain to get rid of them.  Hoggwart's greenhouses have been
standing for hundreds of years and no telling what has snuck in there. 
If Lupin discovered a boggart in the staff room cupboard, think of what
nasty things could sneak into the greenhouses!  Hoggwarts is prob a
magnet for all sorts of magical nasty pests.. I'd be afraid to sit down
on a toilet there for fear of 'things' living in the pipes.  

Jazmyn