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Cucumber and tin foil as a slug deterrent

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  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Ash with salt in it.

    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Won't the salt kill plants?
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Stamping or snipping is less cruel , eco-friendly and provides a snack for whatever comes across the bits.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FritillariaScotlandFritillariaScotland Posts: 67
    I can vouch for beer traps. This is the first year I've used them and they're making a genuine difference. 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    That’ll probably be one of their relatives, @B3. It’s a snail eat snail world out there.
    Rutland, England
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    While they're eating each other, they're not eating my plants.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    Would we like slugs more if they were pretty?
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Someone mentioned vaseline with some salt mixed in, smeared around the rim of pots, on one FB group I'm in. This sounds plausible and the amount of salt involved wouldn't do any harm (although there was one poster in that group who was convinced it would kill all wildlife within a 4km radius and just wouldn't shut up about it... I blocked her)
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I’ve read that tip too, Loxley. In the open ground collars can be made out of cardboard or plastic tubes and salted Vaseline applied in the same way.
    Rutland, England
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