Runner Bean leaves been eaten

furndire

When I find snails, I put them on a table in the garden for the birds as far away from small garden as possible

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furndire wrote: »

When I find snails, I put them on a table in the garden for the birds as far away from small garden as possible

I really like that idea, feed the birds, get rid of the slug... Only we have a couple of cats and they have scared away all the birds from our yard. Pity.:rolleyes:

huggermugger

My garden is really wet so we are inundated with slugs and snails. I grow all my veg & annuals in pots and I use the copper tape on vulnerable plants, but it is expensive. Haven't yet found a way of keeping them off seedlings, apart from moving the pots around & now the sligs have found their way into my mini greenhouse :mad: . I think they must be really tiny ones because I never see them.

I have used the "barrier" type in the garden but so far the only slug pellets I have seen have all been the nasty type - maybe I haven't looked very well...

Anyone have any experience with nematodes? Are they any good for pots? I've looked in various garden centres for those as well but I think they're only available online.

furndire

While I was out yesterday, my sil sprinkled some slug pellets around my beans - unfortunatley nasty ones - good news is there are about 100 dead snails - I've picked them up and binned them. I know the nasty ones can kill birds, but do they do us any harm?