Slugs...aaargh

tanith

they will climb anything and probably climbed up the walls of your minigreenhouse... what a shame...

trish06

thanks all
i am so angry that these little devils have done this,will look for the Growing Success pellets,as this is doing my head in,i need to stop the little devils :mad: ,before they attack the other lillie

Poppycat

They should grow back but it will be next year when they do as lilies only last a few days a week at most before the flower dies down.

I had this trouble last year but because my lilies are now spread out and sort of overgrown the pot many survived just a few heads got eaten.

Most of the snails seem to like the greenery too on the lilies.

I do find that going out on an evening with a good torch and a trowel is a good measure to kill the little blighter's

I have lost a lot of plants this year due to snails, slugs etc, maybe because I moved house rather than have pots, they seem to like marigolds and bussy lizzies. So now I cover all the plants with slug pellets and have been known to go out with a bright led torch at night and kill them

louise_1981

course builders sand someone suggested on another forum, so your hubby was right trish cos it just gets all over them and they can not move, same with gound up volcanic rocks (where do you get them from round here??!!) too sharp apparently

louise_1981

do slug pellets affect the plants?

greenstreetprince

i has a massive problem with slugs munching away at my mums spinach and coriander!

a large plastic bottle of slug killer tablets from the local pound shop put an end to our problems, not sure how they affect other animals though!

trish06

Poppycat wrote: »

They should grow back but it will be next year when they do as lilies only last a few days a week at most before the flower dies down.

I had this trouble last year but because my lilies are now spread out and sort of overgrown the pot many survived just a few heads got eaten.

Most of the snails seem to like the greenery too on the lilies.

I do find that going out on an evening with a good torch and a trowel is a good measure to kill the little blighter's

I have lost a lot of plants this year due to snails, slugs etc, maybe because I moved house rather than have pots, they seem to like marigolds and bussy lizzies. So now I cover all the plants with slug pellets and have been known to go out with a bright led torch at night and kill them

thanks for getting back to me
yes am armed with a jar and trowel,will put some salt in the jar and dump them in the bin

Tabby_Kitten_2

Try washing up liquid in a spray bottle, it's meant to keep green fly away, but it seemed to work for slugs too, you do need to be spraying them a good few times a day though

trish06

louise_1981 wrote: »

course builders sand someone suggested on another forum, so your hubby was right trish cos it just gets all over them and they can not move, same with gound up volcanic rocks (where do you get them from round here??!!) too sharp apparently

thanks again louise ,just apologised to hubby for doubting him,will use this untill i can get some pellets

trish06

thanks all for your tips,am off slug hunting now,will also do it again tonight when its dark,will defenatly try the wasing up liquid :beer: