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Do you have a secret tip to get rid of slug snot?

Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
in Problem solving
I have to take off the little and bigger slugs from the evolving green and every time, I struggle to get the snot off from my hand.
Do you have a secret weapon that dissolves it instantly?

I ♥ my garden.

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  • Shauna2021Shauna2021 Posts: 53
    I have to use washing up loquid and a nail brush! Some of it is really hard to get rid of! 
  • Jenny_AsterJenny_Aster Posts: 945
    I don't know you touch them  :#, if I can't knock them into an empty plant pot or something then I use a pair of pointed pliers, they're deadly  >:)
    Trying to be the person my dog thinks I am! 

    Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    The best thing to do is to wipe it off with a tissue before washing.  The slime is hydrophilic which means it absorbs water which makes it swell up and makes it worse to get rid of. I learned this from a woman who loved slugs and snails and would happily pick them up and examine them, very strange!?!
    East Anglia
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Asarum said:
    The best thing to do is to wipe it off with a tissue before washing.  The slime is hydrophilic which means it absorbs water which makes it swell up and makes it worse to get rid of. I learned this from a woman who loved slugs and snails and would happily pick them up and examine them, very strange!?!
    Many thanks @Asarum. I will do so. 
    I put my ones behind the fence int the ivy as i need them autumn to clear the garden by eating what dies. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Shauna2021 said:
    I have to use washing up loquid and a nail brush! Some of it is really hard to get rid of! 
    I do it too. See Asarum’s tip 😀

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Shauna2021Shauna2021 Posts: 53
    A top tip! Thank you! 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I just wipe it on my clothes. Hands get washed later on. It's usually no problem by then. 

    Re -slugs eating dead foliage - most people find slugs are more of a problem by eating new growth rather than helping eat dead stuff! The woodlice usually do that here  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I used to use use chopsticks to remove slugs and snails . Slugs I now snip in situ. Snails I pick up by the shell and stamp on.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Maybe I'm just used to all sorts, so it doesn't bother me touching them. 
    Now that the wasps are starting to appear, I like leaving the squished snails for them to eat. It's fascinating watching them. Don't know if they eat the squished slugs though.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Hmm.shelled pistachios never taste as good as the ones you have to work for.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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