No idea what they are called NormandyLiz but I can attest to the fact that they live happily here outside of Paris, and love to eat anything tender and young……
thanks @Jacquimcmahon. If you have them then it's as good as certain we do too.
I'm getting the impression there's no very much you can do about the so-small-you-can-barely-see-them ones, is that right?
Sodium metabisulphate. I vaguely remember it from the 70s winemaking craze. Mandarin orange and lychee wines were my only successes. There was also some vile failures that we're only drunk in extremis
We came downstairs one morning, to find a slug trail back and forth across the lounge carpet (green?!). It had come in through one of the air bricks under the front door, and emerged through the air vent in the now blocked up fireplace!! I found the little bugger, under one of the sofas, and cleaned the trails. We came down the following morning to find more trails - same entry points, and same spot under the sofa. I dispensed of the second slug, and we've not had another problem! So, why just the two?
They may be okay outdoors, but I'm not sure I'd want them in my lounge too. I might be replacing one problem with another. I've got a pot of lavender by the lounge air vent. I'd rather that, than a container of nematodes!!
@rowlandscastle444 -I keep bird food in a container that has one of those handles you bring forward to close it securely. It was the old council food waste container before you could add it to the garden waste bin if you wanted. It's inside a large box outside which I use for storage. They still get inside - I often find them in among the bird seed. They can squeeze through the tiniest of gaps
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
"There are approximately 40 species of slug currently found in the UK, with only a small number of these considered as pest species."
But just a few of this small number can ravage your brassicas.
@MikeOxgreen, I've heard both good and not so good about nematodes, and a warning for people with compromised immune systems (which I have). I don't know if that's true or not but it makes me wary.
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thanks @Jacquimcmahon. If you have them then it's as good as certain we do too.
I'm getting the impression there's no very much you can do about the so-small-you-can-barely-see-them ones, is that right?
I found the little bugger, under one of the sofas, and cleaned the trails.
We came down the following morning to find more trails - same entry points, and same spot under the sofa. I dispensed of the second slug, and we've not had another problem!
So, why just the two?
I've got a pot of lavender by the lounge air vent. I'd rather that, than a container of nematodes!!
They still get inside - I often find them in among the bird seed. They can squeeze through the tiniest of gaps
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I googled slug species UK:
"There are approximately 40 species of slug currently found in the UK, with only a small number of these considered as pest species."
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
But just a few of this small number can ravage your brassicas.
@MikeOxgreen, I've heard both good and not so good about nematodes, and a warning for people with compromised immune systems (which I have). I don't know if that's true or not but it makes me wary.
https://www.sherborneturf.co.uk/blog/a-gardeners-best-friend-eight-surprising-facts-about-slugs-and-snails
In an article above on Google, Gardeners World say Nasturtiums don’t get eaten by slugs, but we all know that, also that there are approx. 200 slugs per square metre of your garden.