How bad are slug pellets ?

wigginsmum

It turns into a Budweiser frog?

frosty

wigginsmum wrote:

It turns into a Budweiser frog?

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

nuttyrockeress

They are very very bad.......

My mum's neighbour dog is at the vets as we speak, he got his way into the garage and has eaten half his way through a bottle of them - they aren't sure if he will live or not yet........

SnowyOwl_2

Oh nuttyrockeress no....that's horrible. I really hope the poor wee dog will be OK.

I think a little bit of leniency in the garden is good! Nothing in nature is 100% perfect, so even if the natural or organic methods aren't totally effective and some of your plants get nibbled, at least you know you haven't caused pain, or even worse a slow painful death to any bird or mammel. Managing the situation by collecting the little critters or letting them swim to heaven in beer is better than those horrible blue chemical soaked poisons.

jenniferpa

As I said slug bait with iron phosphate is non-toxic even to anything that would end up eating the slug. It stops the slug metabolising calcium, they stop eatingm and then die (of course). Its not even harmful to earthworms and beetles.

http://www.growingsuccess.org.uk/detail.asp?ID=Advanced+Slug+Killer&cat=Slug_and_Snail_Control

Anne_Marie_2

Thanks headcovers on the tip about pistachio shells, hubby usually brings bagloads home from abroad, so will save the shells in future for that purpose.

Normally, I put some containers with beer about my pots, but it doesn't stop them all unfortunately, but it does catch some. Also am a total woose at picking them out, and would never ever consider going about with scissors! :eek: I have flung the things over the garden wall, when brave enough and extra thick gloves - am sure the same blighters make their way back.

Debt_Free_Chick

I grow a lot of veg and don't want to take a chance with slugs, so I use Nemaslug.

Not cheap though ....

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another good tip is crushed eggshells around your plants that seems to work. If I have pots of plants put an inch wide band of Vaseline all the way round the outside of the pot about an inch or so up and they can't climb over it to go up the side and it's almost rain-proof so it stays on the pot for ages. That also works Failing that it's an old roasting tin with a can of beer and they die of a hangover

Chipps

Yes, I was going to suggest the nematodes. They do work, but are costly - on the other hand, losing all your hard earned fruit & veg is a waste of money!

I collect slugs and snails twice a day and chuck them over the back onto the railway embankment - can't bring myself to kill them.

You did know that the little darlings can find their way home for quite a long distance, didn't you? All you are doing is giving them a day trip & a bit of exercise.... but (Arnie accent required here....) They'll Be Back!

Lulubells

wow- what alot of info ! thanks so much. I really would feel bad about affecting the birds etc - and somehow I now have a conscience about slugs and snails too.....?!?!?

I started this with concern about how the chemicals would affect my family -I had no idea about the other reprocussions it could have - so thank you its been a learning curve. I am going to look into nematodes and for the mean time I will put out some beer traps- and I suddenly fancy a bag of pistashios !.

I can't tell you how much I have learnt from this site - it's invaluable.

Thanks

Lulubells