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slug clear liquid metaldehyde

rwjjsyrwjjsy Posts: 2
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Can anyone help? I just used liquid slug clear (diluted) on my flower bed of flowering plants to combat the huge snail and slug problem I seem to have but then totally forgot that I shouldn't use it on the strawberry plants in another flower bed and used some on these. Obviously it's February and no where near fruiting time but I'm worried that I put this on plants that will bear fruit that we will eat. Will it be safe to eat the  strawberries later on in the year? I am thinking it will but dont want to poison anyone.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,441

    It depresses me to hear that people still have such little regard for the effects on wildlife.image

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,123

    Nasty dangerous stuff - described by the manufacturers as 'potentially dangerous to wildlife' . image


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949

    Gosh that stuff sounds awful! I'd be scared less I splashed it on my skin image

  • rwjjsyrwjjsy Posts: 2

    Thank you Edd

  • ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949

    Thank you Mike. Its a shame we're not all in the position to rehome hedgehogs from rescues to provide them with homes and us with slug monitors! 

  • Glenys EverestGlenys Everest Posts: 5

    I used slugclear liquid up until last year, and it really worked.  I had a cat who was very prone to eating slug pellets, so I had to use something that was invisible, and found it was a lot better than the pellets, forming a solid barrier around the flower beds which lasted 2 to 3 days at a time, even through light rain.

    Now I am cat-less this year, we went back to pellets, and the slugs and snails have invaded my gardens big time!

    Is there a "glut" of molluscs this year, or am I not putting enough down?.  Tried to find a stockist of the liquid in Sheffield, to no avail, so will try the nature friendly pellets as mentioned here.  Does anyone know what shops stock those or the liquid?

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,123

    Most garden centres sell the eco-friendly ones - some actively promote them - look for packs where the active ingredient is ferrous sulphate. 

    I've been able to get them from Notcutts. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Glenys EverestGlenys Everest Posts: 5

    Thanks Dove from above image

    I'll look out for that!

     

    XG

  • ReikijoReikijo Posts: 22

    There does seem to be a glut if slugs this year and, against all of my green principle, I have been scattering pellet's with wild abandon! I listened to a well known gardeners radio programme where someone asked what were slugs for? one answer was that they eat rotting matter in gardens ..... true, but since when have my lovely fresh green lettuce been rotting matter??? 

  • FraxinusFraxinus Posts: 12

    Please Please Please can everybody stop using chemicals, it makes my heart ache to think of the damage we are doing to the soil,image if a company who want you to buy this stuff is actually telling you it last's a year, it's almost certain it last's longer, plus I wonder did they say what damage it does in that year.

    I don't want to preach at people, as everyone has a right to their opinion but please just think a little harder before you use chemicals 

    End of Rant!

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