Alternative to slug tape?

cootambear

annie123 wrote: »

Good point didn't think of that!
I had my tatties in car tyres stolen from my front garden 3 years ago, note in it's place saying "I was hungry, sorry" I would have given them some for free if they had asked.


I have 1" gravel on a bed in the front garden with pots, snails still got to my lettuce in tubs.
Maybe sharper gravel needed?

while thieving is wrong, there is ring of nobility in that message.

jaycat

I've had a bit of success with bran - nothing posh, just the stuff that looks like sawdust.

Pros -
it's cheap!
it's non toxic so the slug eats it, the bran swells up inside the slug which kills it.
Other wildlike - birds, hedgies etc can eat the slugs without coming to any harm - no toxins like there are in pellets

Cons -
has to be spread quite thickly around susceptible plants
has to be re-applied after rain - much more effective when eaten dry. I'm in Scotland - it rains. A LOT. So this can be a pain.

Might help a bit though

edit - re slug pubs. Local pub might give you the contents of their slop tray if you ask them nicely & explain why you want it..... Or, milk will work just as well but it does tend to get a bit whiffy in hot weather! Emptying the slug pubs of all the deceased slugs isn't particularly pleasant though
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lolly5648

I netted my raised bed (to keep the dreaded cabbage white away) and the slugs and snails seemed to get entangled in the netting and didn't make into the bed.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Alternative to slug tape? Snail string?


Sorry.

Any reason why drawing a line of table salt on the ground wouldn't be effective (and cheaper)?

ginvzt

Salt is not good fr the soil and for your plants. (Tested - and killed some plants)