Chili Flakes

janibrown

Has anyone tried chili flakes or chili powder as a slug repellent I have loads of the critters at the moment and for some reason the egg shells are not working so have sprinkled all around with chili flakes has anyone else tried it I have no money 4 slug pellets for a few weeks so need to use something I already have in the house

annie123

yep, didn't work.
My son tried garlic powder a few weeks ago in desperation and it worked but it would work out expensive in the long run.

Any alcohol you have in jars/dishes sunk in the ground works too.

janibrown

will try garlic powder when I go to the shops later
Any one got any other ideas

nodwah

Porridge oats work, but you have to put more down after rain

penrhyn

A little salt will make them fizz.

level200

We dont have any slug problems. When we moved in the garden had a small pond full of frogs. We filled it in when they left but for some reason, they keep coming back every year looking for the pond.They must be hungry as they tend to eat all the slugs too

:T

dogstarheaven

we've not had any rain much to have noticed any slug/snail damage:beer::beer::beer: but usually on my young plants, I put a circle of finely, crushed, BAKED eggshell surrounding each plant. thankfully, I work in catering so that makes it a lot easier to collect a load each week... this has worked for me in the last 2 yrs since i discovered this trick. If you have the time (I make time for my 'babies'!), use a pestle & mortar to grind the baked shell finely. This helps to make the shell go much further. If not, then use a rolling pin or gently tread on them (secured in a bag, of course!) It's a palaver, I know (OH hates it when I bake them at w/ends when the kitchen reeks of rotten eggs, but decided that I foil them first as a way to stop it from the smells from lingering)

does anyone else do this? that is, baking the eggshells? In the past, I've tried in vain with the eggshell just crushed, but that never worked for me one iota!

ps. I also have a wildlife pond where my frogs can eat the juicy snails!

katholicos

I've done the crushed egg shells thing as a deterent and they may possibly have reduced the number of slugs/snails, but i have also put pellets down...didn't last year and lost lots of veg...last year i tried the chilli/chilli flakes thing and it didn't work for me....haven't tried porridge oats but may do when i run out of pellets.

janibrown

dogstarheaven wrote: »

we've not had any rain much to have noticed any slug/snail damage:beer::beer::beer: but usually on my young plants, I put a circle of finely, crushed, BAKED eggshell surrounding each plant. thankfully, I work in catering so that makes it a lot easier to collect a load each week... this has worked for me in the last 2 yrs since i discovered this trick. If you have the time (I make time for my 'babies'!), use a pestle & mortar to grind the baked shell finely. This helps to make the shell go much further. If not, then use a rolling pin or gently tread on them (secured in a bag, of course!) It's a palaver, I know (OH hates it when I bake them at w/ends when the kitchen reeks of rotten eggs, but decided that I foil them first as a way to stop it from the smells from lingering)

does anyone else do this? that is, baking the eggshells? In the past, I've tried in vain with the eggshell just crushed, but that never worked for me one iota!

ps. I also have a wildlife pond where my frogs can eat the juicy snails!

I do use crushed eggshells but have never baked then in oven first will be doing that this morning have also just been told to cut out disks of sandpaper and place around base of plant but dont have any sand paper as yet
Thanks

newsgroup_monkey

Am I the only person who uses old coffee grinds? Our restaurant at work gives them out for free. Don't put them ON things because they kill young plants, but not only do they keep slugs away and they also stop weeds

dogstarheaven

I've heard about used coffee grounds being too destructive to the natural soil structure coffee plantations abroad. all the nutrients are depleted in the soil, and these plantations are left with lifeless soil that is rendered useless to grow on anymore. If you were to use it as a slug deterrent, I'd advise only sparingly.