Kathy2 there is an ongoing thread called slugs slugs and more slugs, where all sorts of control have been discussed you might find that helpful, I don't know about using sheeps wool soz.
I believe you can get little wool pellets that are supposed to discourage them although I hear (from on here mostly) that they're q expensive. If you know (as I do) someone who keeps sheep you may be able to get a fleece from them. Personally I'd say it does more good under the rhubarb!
One problem with many deterrents that rely on dryness is that they are rendered useless by the first rainfall. Here in North West England that often means they need replacing after one or two nights or they are ineffective. Even the pellets become useless after a few days of rain. I found coffee grounds [even unused dry ones], eggshells and proprietary barriers were all useless. Slug pubs drowned slugs but did not protect the plants.
I use slug pubs and have great success. You have to have a vessel around 6 inches deep so that they can't climb back out. I am using cheap 2.8% beer from Aldi and it does the job. I put a few small lollipop-type sticks in the ground around the edges of the vessel and put an upturned flowerpot on top to protect it getting diluted by rain.
There are a lot of slugs around so I prefer to do something that actually lowers the numbers rather than just turning them away to go somewhere else or come back another day.
Sounds like a 500g yoghurt pot's what you need. Might try that. Rim up to avoid catching beetles (as discussed elsewhere) and a rain cover. Sounds like a great way to go if you're a slug!
Mattbeer, if you cut the slugs in half, why do you collect up the remains? Leave them where they are and they will be gone by the morning. Eaten by slugs, maybe.
Nematodes do work but I find the cost a bit off-putting. Having said that I've just ordered some as I've found that one of my courgette plant's stems has been eaten!
These are my beer traps, buried bottle with cheap lager, then I used plastic pots that are damaged or split (waste not, want that), I cut a 'door' , works a treat.
I am not a Betterware salesman, but I looked at their catalogue this week and they have some covered beer traps for sale. I'd recommend those if not a DIYer, but kudos to the trap ideas above. Magpies would attack my traps and pull the lids off so anything firmly attached is necessary for me.
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Kathy2 there is an ongoing thread called slugs slugs and more slugs, where all sorts of control have been discussed you might find that helpful, I don't know about using sheeps wool soz.
I believe you can get little wool pellets that are supposed to discourage them although I hear (from on here mostly) that they're q expensive. If you know (as I do) someone who keeps sheep you may be able to get a fleece from them. Personally I'd say it does more good under the rhubarb!
One problem with many deterrents that rely on dryness is that they are rendered useless by the first rainfall. Here in North West England that often means they need replacing after one or two nights or they are ineffective. Even the pellets become useless after a few days of rain. I found coffee grounds [even unused dry ones], eggshells and proprietary barriers were all useless. Slug pubs drowned slugs but did not protect the plants.
I use slug pubs and have great success. You have to have a vessel around 6 inches deep so that they can't climb back out. I am using cheap 2.8% beer from Aldi and it does the job.
I put a few small lollipop-type sticks in the ground around the edges of the vessel and put an upturned flowerpot on top to protect it getting diluted by rain.
There are a lot of slugs around so I prefer to do something that actually lowers the numbers rather than just turning them away to go somewhere else or come back another day.
Sounds like a 500g yoghurt pot's what you need. Might try that. Rim up to avoid catching beetles (as discussed elsewhere) and a rain cover. Sounds like a great way to go if you're a slug!
Mattbeer, if you cut the slugs in half, why do you collect up the remains? Leave them where they are and they will be gone by the morning. Eaten by slugs, maybe.
I have found (am no expert) that the beer traps (though must be covered) and dark with a torch is the best way.
Went from 40-50 to 3 or 4 per evening within a week.
Nematodes do work but I find the cost a bit off-putting. Having said that I've just ordered some as I've found that one of my courgette plant's stems has been eaten!
These are my beer traps, buried bottle with cheap lager, then I used plastic pots that are damaged or split (waste not, want that), I cut a 'door' , works a treat.
I am not a Betterware salesman, but I looked at their catalogue this week and they have some covered beer traps for sale. I'd recommend those if not a DIYer, but kudos to the trap ideas above. Magpies would attack my traps and pull the lids off so anything firmly attached is necessary for me.