I'd been half-heartedly throwing down organic slug pellets for the last few months. They seem to work for as long as they don't get eaten / washed away, but I've found they need frequent reapplying. So, I decided enough was enough and last week got nematodes plus a roll of copper tape. I put collars of tape around the stems of various plants and watered in the nematodes widely. Haven't seen a slug or snail since...
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I'd been half-heartedly throwing down organic slug pellets for the last few months. They seem to work for as long as they don't get eaten / washed away, but I've found they need frequent reapplying. So, I decided enough was enough and last week got nematodes plus a roll of copper tape. I put collars of tape around the stems of various plants and watered in the nematodes widely. Haven't seen a slug or snail since...
My beer traps seem to have reduced slugs from approx 15-20 per night (with a torch) to 1 or 2
The rest are in the beer. I use cheap lager (4 cans £1) and it works great.