snails

Oblivion

Something we've tried this year which seems to be working. Some of the local garden centres sell rolls of thin adhesive copper strip. You use this to create a continuous band around the plant pot about two thirds of the way up.

I'm not sure how or why it works but the slugs crawl up but give up and fall off when they encounter the copper band.

Of course, the other tried and tested trick for attracting slugs and snails away from your plants and to a drunken death, is to pour some beer into a large glass jam jar and half bury it at a 45 degree angle in the soil with the edge of the lip just at soil level.

There is something about beer (ask your local pub to fill an old plastic milk bottle with slops for you) that slugs just cannot resist, even if there are tasty plants nearby. They enter the jar, crawl to the bottom and sup some beer, sing a few karaoke songs and then find they can't get back up the sloping sides of the jar afterwards. :rotfl:

Dave.

kprice580

Oblivion wrote: »

There is something about beer (ask your local pub to fill an old plastic milk bottle with slops for you) that slugs just cannot resist, even if there are tasty plants nearby. They enter the jar, crawl to the bottom and sup some beer, sing a few karaoke songs and then find they can't get back up the sloping sides of the jar afterwards. :rotfl:

Dave.

At least they dye with a smile on their face!!!:beer:

The_Ubiquitous_Mrs_Smith

Surround your plants well with hair, straw, egg shells... anything sharp or crunchy. It hurts their bellies so they don't go over it.

lemontart

good one , now watch out for carrier bag covered pots all over my garden

STORM_2

Good Idea! I was thinking today whilst pottering in the garden, would'nt gluing sandpaper around a pot that you grew veg in work as well? I haven't tried it, but slugs are suppose to detest grainy surfaces?!! Prehaps I will experiment!

snails's_pace

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Davesnave

STORM wrote: »

Good Idea! I was thinking today whilst pottering in the garden, would'nt gluing sandpaper around a pot that you grew veg in work as well? I haven't tried it, but slugs are suppose to detest grainy surfaces?!! Prehaps I will experiment!

Sandpaper won't work because it is very prone to diintegrate on contact with moisture, but 'wet & dry paper' (often black) in a suitable heavy grade might be worth a shot, and it will look more aesthetically pleasing, or less visible at any rate.

shandypants5

Davesnave wrote: »

Sandpaper won't work because it is very prone to diintegrate on contact with moisture, but 'wet & dry paper' (often black) in a suitable heavy grade might be worth a shot, and it will look more aesthetically pleasing, or less visible at any rate.

Engineers "Emery" tape is just like sandpaper, but its cloth backed very tough waterproof and, wait for it........ comes on a ROLL about half inch wide.

kprice580

shandypants5 wrote: »

Engineers "Emery" tape is just like sandpaper, but its cloth backed very tough waterproof and, wait for it........ comes on a ROLL about half inch wide.

I have loads of slugs & snails in my garden, I shall take this tip a put it in my little red tip book and use it, if it's ok by you;)

Katy x x

chatta

When my kids were little and had a sandpit I used to sweep the sand that got spilt around plants that snails and slugs liked. They wont cross the sand to reach the plants.