when you find out the secret of how to forgive slugs please please let me know as ill guess we've all been trying for decades and no luck yet for me maybe its too late
Its a vain hope Alan! When I say my compost bin is full of slugs, I don't mean I can see them (as one normally would and would be an acceptable part of the process) I mean it is a moving mass of slugs and little else. I am not remotely forgiving (despite my statement...Sorry Berghill!)
It is your garden, do as you feel the need. Does sound as if there are far too many in there for the normal process. If the bin has a lid, then throw in a good handful of the Slug pellets which are non-harmful to other creatures and reduce the numbers.
Just a thought, and not sure if this would work but it won't do any harm, why not throw some freshly washed up on the beach seaweed into the compost bin, they won't like the salt and a tab bit of salt won't do the compost any harm yet the seaweed will do it the world of good. I seldom get slugs in my compost bin just the occasional one in the lid desperate to escape
Has there been anywhere this year that has not been invaded and covered by slugs? I am still picking them off my kitchen floor every night. I gave up on the pellets, as the piles of dead slugs started to attract flies.
And why do they never decimate the Bindweed? It is the one weed that I don't like in my garden (I am pretty tolerant of most others) and the snails, aphids and wine veewils never bother it. Grrrr....
I have a theory on this -the garden to our mollusk mates is an all you can eat buffet-they can have as much grass and weeds as they like buy they decide- just for that extra bit of effort- they will have a gourmet feast
I wondered if it would do any harm to throw a little salt in the compost bin, it might deter them. I only started my bin a few days ago, and all the slugs moved in ...
Posts
when you find out the secret of how to forgive slugs please please let me know as ill guess we've all been trying for decades and no luck yet for me maybe its too late
good luck Alan
Its a vain hope Alan! When I say my compost bin is full of slugs, I don't mean I can see them (as one normally would and would be an acceptable part of the process) I mean it is a moving mass of slugs and little else. I am not remotely forgiving (despite my statement...Sorry Berghill!)
It is your garden, do as you feel the need. Does sound as if there are far too many in there for the normal process. If the bin has a lid, then throw in a good handful of the Slug pellets which are non-harmful to other creatures and reduce the numbers.
Just a thought, and not sure if this would work but it won't do any harm, why not throw some freshly washed up on the beach seaweed into the compost bin, they won't like the salt and a tab bit of salt won't do the compost any harm yet the seaweed will do it the world of good. I seldom get slugs in my compost bin just the occasional one in the lid desperate to escape
Has there been anywhere this year that has not been invaded and covered by slugs? I am still picking them off my kitchen floor every night. I gave up on the pellets, as the piles of dead slugs started to attract flies.
And why do they never decimate the Bindweed? It is the one weed that I don't like in my garden (I am pretty tolerant of most others) and the snails, aphids and wine veewils never bother it. Grrrr....
I have a theory on this -the garden to our mollusk mates is an all you can eat buffet-they can have as much grass and weeds as they like buy they decide- just for that extra bit of effort- they will have a gourmet feast
Grrrr indeed
I wondered if it would do any harm to throw a little salt in the compost bin, it might deter them.
I only started my bin a few days ago, and all the slugs moved in ...
No don't do that - you won't be able to use salty compost on your garden, it'll kill your plants.
You need the slugs in there - they're helping to turn the plant matter into compost - while they're in there they're not wandering around your garden
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Whoa, Mags!
Listen to Dove. salt will kill both slugs and your plants.
You need slugs in a compost heap. They make compost.