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Effective, non-yukk ways to kill slugs..any

Caro22andCaro22and Posts: 23
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Any advice welcome.  The 8yr old's idea is sensible tho !
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  • Caro22andCaro22and Posts: 23
    I have a beautiful new chilli plant in a new planter showing luvvly new red chilli babies but there's a troop of sausage-sized slugs inching nearer to it.....dont want to use slug pellets.  Help !?
  • Caro22andCaro22and Posts: 23
    Ah well, will gather them up (yukk) with a trowel & shove em in a bag.  Ermmm....
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Slug Scissors are the easiest way. You get to teach/learn basic anatomy at the same time.
  • Caro22andCaro22and Posts: 23
    Not amused
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    It is very difficult @Caro22and to cleanly despatch an incredibly yukky pest IMHO.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    The least yuck way will be the iron phosphate slug pellets, you won't see any sign of the slug after it has eaten it, they crawl off to die.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Nematodes?  I haven't tried them myself but I'm sure someone will be able to recommend a supplier.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845
    edited August 2018
    A brick, but shut your eyes.  Okay, don't do that as you will find slug all over yourself.  A sharp knife across the middle.  Come back in an hour, and their friends will be there.  Do them too.
  • stewyfizzstewyfizz Posts: 161
    You could try the 'pick up and plonk in garden waste bin' method. At least that way you dont see them get mushed.
    Gardening. The cause of, and solution to, all of my problems.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Dispatching them quickly [scissors] is the easiest way without doubt. Birds or other creatures, like wasps, will snaffle them up. All part of the cycle of life.  :)
    Starting early in the growing year helps too - you can reduce the numbers a fair bit that way.
    Putting them in the bin can work, but they like to hover round the edge in a bid to escape Stewy! They often do if the bin lid isn't secure... :D
    Nematodes are very good, but the difficulty is that you need to do it at the right time, and in the right conditions. For me, the ground's too cold at the time I'd need to apply. I'm not sure it would be very easy to apply in containers, and it would need to be done early enough - not once the greedy bandits are already there  ;)
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