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FreeBear

Dustyevsky said:

Grenage said:

FreeBear said:

The slugs are going to love the extra food.

I planted five a month ago.  There is one leaf left amongst the lot.  Never again.

Is that the 'new' slug pellets, or simply forgetfulness? I put out a Nepeta a few days ago and found it reduced to a stick yesterday. Three or four (that few) real pellets sorted things out last night. The result is too gory for a family friendly site!

I've stopped growing nepeta outside, as the last pot full got nibbled down to soil level. It wasn't slugs unless they now have four legs and fur.

Cat hasn't worked out that there is an excellent crop in flower on the bathroom windowsill. He'll get a fresh bud once in a while to get high on.

Katiehound

Dustyevsky said:

-taff said:

Man, this year, they;ve eaten almost anything that stayed still so unless I go fully mediterranean i.e. gravel, they havent a hope to live in mine either...

Here, our surviving Frances Williams resides in a galvanised bucket. That's the organic answer, but at a steep price in today's junk shops!

I have a galvanised bucket but would like drainage holes in the bottom.
 How have you solved that problem? Currently it is full of water!
(I got mine free: left in a house I bought!- as a coal bucket)

Dustyevsky

Katiehound said:

Dustyevsky said:

-taff said:

Man, this year, they;ve eaten almost anything that stayed still so unless I go fully mediterranean i.e. gravel, they havent a hope to live in mine either...

Here, our surviving Frances Williams resides in a galvanised bucket. That's the organic answer, but at a steep price in today's junk shops!

I have a galvanised bucket but would like drainage holes in the bottom.
 How have you solved that problem? Currently it is full of water!
(I got mine free: left in a house I bought!- as a coal bucket)

Just a standard high speed metal drill bit, or probably a series of them, widening the holes to a useful size.

ArbitraryRandom

Less professional... but I've also had success with a decent size nail and hammer - plus a half brick to push down any distortion from the inside after. 

Working_Mum

ArbitraryRandom said:

Less professional... but I've also had success with a decent size nail and hammer - plus a half brick to push down any distortion from the inside after. 

This is my preferred route too AR! Brute force over any attempt at finesse 

Dustyevsky

Look, I'm a bloke, so I have 4 drills. If I don't find uses for them at my age, my daughters' husbands will inherit 2 drills each in great condition. Do they deserve them? Hmm, difficult!

-taff

I gave one of my drills to my cousins son...this meant of course I had to buy myself a new one, so i did...no one is going to inherit it though,,do one of your sons in law need a third one?

Dustyevsky

-taff said:

,do one of your sons in law need a third one?

One of them, no. He wouldn't know which way round to hold it.

The other one, maybe, but he's already filled my workshop with rip saws, lathes, and other machinery, so an extra couple of drills is neither here nor there.