Urghhhhh Clari.....the thought of it turns my stomach
Its the easiest way Tracey! And like changing a nappy gets better with practice - especially once the slug count starts to get you and you find yourself hunting for more of the devils in a bid to beat last weeks count! I did think about using the beer trick where you sink a pint of beer into the ground for them to drown in but imagine the mushy mess not to mention should you have a warm day and then the garden reeks of warm beer and slug juice!
i have an old frying pan with the handle removed, i rinse the shells and put them in the pan and then put them in the oven when its on for something else but i then put them in the wormery
I think you are totally wasting your time with Egg shells. As soon as the shells, however ground up they are, get wet then Slugs just glide over it. Tried, been there and never again.
You are better to try small grit and sand as I have found Slugs do not like going over that...unless the plant gets with reach and they use that to climb over to the plant.
In summer I go out at night to pick up slugs - put salt in the water in a bucket and the slugs die quickly. I avoid using blue pellets but sometimes it is the only thing to cull the population.
I cut them in half with scissors. Much the best method. No chemicals or noxious substances and the bodies are available to wildlife. They will all be cleared away by the morning.
WelshOnion - I think I can hear Tracey throwing up!
Though a little gruesome that's a rather clever way, I was trying to work out how I could dispose of the slugs in such a way that the birds could benefit - a much better way than lining the bird tray feeder with salt!!
Slugs will eat one another if they are injured. I tried the scissor method a couple of years ago and was horrified to see a dead one being eaten by his mates later on.! So yes they are not usually there on the morning after!
Tracey put them in the oven on a low heat for a few hours.... That's what I do and I mix it with coffee grinds from my costa lot on coffee!!!!! Plus I feed the shells back to my chickens ( good for them)
Last year I had what looked like mutant giant slugs striped and really disgusting - collected them up in a bucket of salted water with my kitchen burger tongs (must add don't use them in the kitchen anymore) and then every couple of days poured them down the drain in the road...... they were the biggest I have ever seen...
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Its the easiest way Tracey! And like changing a nappy gets better with practice - especially once the slug count starts to get you and you find yourself hunting for more of the devils in a bid to beat last weeks count! I did think about using the beer trick where you sink a pint of beer into the ground for them to drown in but imagine the mushy mess not to mention should you have a warm day and then the garden reeks of warm beer and slug juice!
i have an old frying pan with the handle removed, i rinse the shells and put them in the pan and then put them in the oven when its on for something else but i then put them in the wormery
Oh no, couldn't do the beer method, that would be DISGUSTING!!! I might be really brave and try the bucket, but where do you put them?
I think you are totally wasting your time with Egg shells. As soon as the shells, however ground up they are, get wet then Slugs just glide over it. Tried, been there and never again.
You are better to try small grit and sand as I have found Slugs do not like going over that...unless the plant gets with reach and they use that to climb over to the plant.
In summer I go out at night to pick up slugs - put salt in the water in a bucket and the slugs die quickly. I avoid using blue pellets but sometimes it is the only thing to cull the population.
I cut them in half with scissors. Much the best method. No chemicals or noxious substances and the bodies are available to wildlife. They will all be cleared away by the morning.
And the best bit? The method is FREE!
WelshOnion - I think I can hear Tracey throwing up!
Though a little gruesome that's a rather clever way, I was trying to work out how I could dispose of the slugs in such a way that the birds could benefit - a much better way than lining the bird tray feeder with salt!!
Slugs will eat one another if they are injured. I tried the scissor method a couple of years ago and was horrified to see a dead one being eaten by his mates later on.! So yes they are not usually there on the morning after!
Tracey put them in the oven on a low heat for a few hours.... That's what I do and I mix it with coffee grinds from my costa lot on coffee!!!!! Plus I feed the shells back to my chickens ( good for them)
Last year I had what looked like mutant giant slugs striped and really disgusting - collected them up in a bucket of salted water with my kitchen burger tongs (must add don't use them in the kitchen anymore) and then every couple of days poured them down the drain in the road...... they were the biggest I have ever seen...