Slugs...aaargh

kethry

Lord_Gardener wrote: »

They'll come back! Best option is to bag and bin - or eat!!!!!

eat... :eek: no thanks!! (I leave that to my OH!) sides, they're mostly too small.. to be honest, i think chucking em into the road helps.. because they're small, just picking them up, the shells seem to bread, so sailing over the fence onto a hard road.. with cars going by.. *crunch*...

however, if they do seem to be coming back then i'll bag and bin.

keth
xx

dispic1

i have been told that bran works a treat. it swells inside them, "tattar you little blighters", can be heard for miles.

Penelope_Penguin

Charlie34 wrote: »

Can anyone please give me some advice about dealing with slugs on vegetable patches? Has anyone tried a perimeter defence using crushed eggshells? I've heard that a barrier made of copper is effective too, is this true?

Charlie

Encourage a variety of wildlife, and no pest will take over. Birds will eat slugs and snails. My hens loved to peck slugs and snails to death. The ones they wouldn't touch (big orangey striped ones) are, apparently, carnivorous, so good to have.

Penny. x

trish06

i have 2 garden lillies,one has been attacked by slugs,i found it one morning with about 10 slugs over the heads,they have eaten the heads away :mad:
will this lillie grow back normal

louise_1981

poor you, I know I love lillies, so far mine have gone unscathed, but they are in pots.

I have some newly bought poppies which have the same proble as your lillies, they have been eaten down to stumps. I removed the slugs, ugghhh! then brought it inside away from further attack. Also had to do this with my cabbages (they are only in plastic drinks cups for now), and other veg, as the slugs have taken a fancy to them..

So the beer traps are not working, I can not pick enough up to have and impact, what now?

Louise

tanith

I bought environmentally freindly slug and snail pellets from B & Q they work but you have to keep replacing them especially after rain.... my garden was overun with slugs when I moved in but consistently picking them up and depositing in the green field round the corner has meant that now I only find them occasionally and snails I am afraid there are many more in my neighbours garden than mine ...:rotfl: :eek: he is not a gardener and has nothing but grass and weeds, just as well.....

trish06

louise_1981 wrote: »

poor you, I know I love lillies, so far mine have gone unscathed, but they are in pots.

I have some newly bought poppies which have the same proble as your lillies, they have been eaten down to stumps. I removed the slugs, ugghhh! then brought it inside away from further attack. Also had to do this with my cabbages (they are only in plastic drinks cups for now), and other veg, as the slugs have taken a fancy to them..

So the beer traps are not working, I can not pick enough up to have and impact, what now?

Louise

hi louise and thanks for getting back to me
i love lillies 2,i never planted these,they were here when i moved in 6 months ago,i am not sure if i can remove to pot,as i dont know if that would kill them
i keep nipping out and making sure they have not attacked again,my hubbys thinks i have gone mad ,and i shud put some sand around the plants as slugs dont cross sand,now whos gone mad lol

trish06

tanith wrote: »

I bought environmentally freindly slug and snail pellets from B & Q they work but you have to keep replacing them especially after rain.... my garden was overun with slugs when I moved in but consistently picking them up and depositing in the green field round the corner has meant that now I only find them occasionally and snails I am afraid there are many more in my neighbours garden than mine ...:rotfl: :eek: he is not a gardener and has nothing but grass and weeds, just as well.....

thanks tanith,will try these slug pellets,god how i hate slugs :mad:

showtunesgirl

Make sure they are the Growing Success pellets though as the other ones are NOT environmentally friendly and makes birds sick. I have had great success with the Growing Success ones!

mapcr77

I had planted all sorts of flower seeds, and I was so proud of the tiny seedlings slowly covering it all green, and despite tons of slug stoppa, they've eaten them all in a couple of days!!! Not one left, greedy things, I hate them! :mad:

Also, I'm absolutely clueless about how this happened. I have a mini greenhouse (the type you get for £10 in poundstretcher), and in the top shelf, in a propagator I had cucumber seedlings, when I opened the lid to water it, to my surprise, a snail was there, and he ate everything! Even the card label I'd put in them. How on earth did he get up there and inside the propagator???