Strawberries and Snails

cootambear

SailorSam wrote: »

Be careful which slug pellets you buy, you could be killing the birds as well.

i buy wildlife friendly ones because I am lazy and want the wildlife to do their job

cootambear

tanith wrote: »

The straw helps keep moisture in the soil, suppresses weeds and slugs and snails don't like it as its scratchy and spiky:D

ya but its a nice little sleep spot for them, especially in this rain


the main purpose of the straw is to prevent earth contact, slugs have climbed 6 feet up my vertical walls, up two flights of my stairs, they have no probs crossing some straw

tanith

cootambear wrote: »

ya but its a nice little sleep spot for them, especially in this rain


the main purpose of the straw is to prevent earth contact, slugs have climbed 6 feet up my vertical walls, up two flights of my stairs, they have no probs crossing some straw

I've used straw for years now and it always works for me even in the rain..;)

saraann21

i've just bought beer n put it in a tub by the strawberries so will let you know if it works.tried copper tape and made no difference,after all the rain it peeled off too.i did see somewhere that sandpaper they won't cross so i'm tempted to glue that round the sides of the pot,where the rain can't get it obviously

jamieboy

Thanks for all your replies, sandpaper sound good might give that a try.

meercatsunited

try to encourage Thrushes to nest in your garden, I feed mine all year and as my reward they eat the slugs and snails

saraann21

well the beer has attracted nothing so i'm doing the sandpaper as that is next on my list lol

Farway

saraann21 wrote: »

well the beer has attracted nothing

Just drink the beer and forget about the slugs :beer:

Greenqueen_2

Well I`ve just been out on my evening patrol to pick up snails/slugs and have discovered that about 90% of them are dead-presumably drowned! Hurray for rain!:)

saraann21

sandpaper working well at the moment!not a slug nibbled strawberry in sight!