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Birds eating my ferric phosphate slug pellets

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Bede I am shocked that you haven't disposed of them safely. It is illegal to use them as you well know. You want your advice to be taken seriously, how can you expect anyone to take such bad advice. That is also why you are ignored and posters skip to the next comment.
    You decided not to answer my post regarding the damage done by elderly gardeners like ourselves.We have seen chemicals used in gardens throughout our lives. It is time to give some thought on how to support future gardeners and the challenges they face as a result of bad practice.These kinds of comments are damaging, misleading and a threat to our ecology.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    As you understand, metaphors and irony don't come over well on this medium.

    Billy Comnnolly said:  "It is really hard to make someone laugh when they're sitting down in front of a screen."
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • geordiefgeordief Posts: 21
    edited March 2023
    bédé said:
    As you understand, metaphors and irony don't come over well on this medium.

    Billy Comnnolly said:  "It is really hard to make someone laugh when they're sitting down in front of a screen."
    It was a joke? I thought you were serious.

    Maybe freshen up your comedy routine.

    I would probably hold onto any old meta pellets in case I ran out   of other stuff (and thought they were in a safe place)

    Only just learned that they are no longer for sale in the EU.

    It is hard to get someone to laugh on their own .Laughter is a socially based reaction for  the most part. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    @geordief - and it's the reason so many people have this poster on ignore  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited March 2023
    @geordief It is also illegal to store them.

     Irony can be both sad and tragic. 



    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • geordiefgeordief Posts: 21
    GardenerSuze said:
    @geordief It is also illegal to store them.

     Irony can be both sad and tragic. 



    Maybe put Suze on snooze?
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited March 2023
    @geordief The outcome is  different to that expected. Metaldehyde pellets were used to improve the look of plants and gardens. A pure vanity in my opinion. What has actually happened is the opposite, our gardens have less wildlife as a result and are poorer places for it. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    geordief said:
    GardenerSuze said:
    @geordief It is also illegal to store them.

     Irony can be both sad and tragic. 



    Maybe put Suze on snooze?
    Why?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Fairygirl said:
    geordief said:
    GardenerSuze said:
    @geordief It is also illegal to store them.

     Irony can be both sad and tragic. 



    Maybe put Suze on snooze?
    Why?
    Forgot which account he was signed in on perhaps?
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Since my original post on this thread, i'm now trying to go wildlife friendly in my garden. No chemicals, and natural fertilisers as much as possible.
    Sunny Dundee
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