iv been going on at night with hubbies army head tourch on, armed with salt i cant pick them up, id pess out im way to squeamish lol for my own good
and the embarrassment of buy value beer, must look like a right alkie, glad its not white cider they like hahaha im not giving the good stuff thats for me
Just wear gloves pick them up and put them in the bin (making sure they cant get out) - if you put them in the bottle bin the daft buggers just climb into the bottles anyway. Search early morning if you dont want to be out with a torch but make sure you get the tiny ones.
Personally all I have ever found that beer traps do is attract even more slugs to the party - sober slugs are bad enough.
I've managed to save my Sunflowers so far but if I hadn't placed the cut off coke bottles round the bases,I'm sure they would be dead by now.Certain plants never get touched though,I planted out some young Wallflowers about three weeks ago and they are good as new still.The leaves just aren't sappy enough.
Theres a video on you tube of Lord Titchmarsh arranging a slug playground which is split into different areas - gravel - beer -copper - sand - etc etc etc. In the center was some lovely delphiniums. The slugs climbed over everything and ate the lot. As for the beer they just drank it first
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iv been going on at night with hubbies army head tourch on, armed with salt i cant pick them up, id pess out im way to squeamish lol for my own good
and the embarrassment of buy value beer, must look like a right alkie, glad its not white cider they like hahaha im not giving the good stuff thats for me
Just wear gloves pick them up and put them in the bin (making sure they cant get out) - if you put them in the bottle bin the daft buggers just climb into the bottles anyway. Search early morning if you dont want to be out with a torch but make sure you get the tiny ones.
Personally all I have ever found that beer traps do is attract even more slugs to the party - sober slugs are bad enough.
what about ash from the garden incinerators would that do the trick
I've managed to save my Sunflowers so far but if I hadn't placed the cut off coke bottles round the bases,I'm sure they would be dead by now.Certain plants never get touched though,I planted out some young Wallflowers about three weeks ago and they are good as new still.The leaves just aren't sappy enough.
Onions, yes! That explains it. All the alliums are fine as are plants around them.
They seem to keep away from penstemons too, I seem to remember that was a reason I planted them. Any one know other slug resistant flowering plants?
It's supposed to be the rough edges of the cinders they don't like crawling over so any ash would do. Wood ash best for the soil.
But I've seen a photo of a slug climbing over the edge of a razor blade, so sharp edges may not work after all....
Have a look at this (not for the squeamish!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MeFpXCXj0
no good for me them
i can't even touch with gloves on, ,maybe i'll get some tongs...they still make my toes curl ugh!
Aquilegias seem to have no issue with slugs..
Theres a video on you tube of Lord Titchmarsh arranging a slug playground which is split into different areas - gravel - beer -copper - sand - etc etc etc. In the center was some lovely delphiniums. The slugs climbed over everything and ate the lot. As for the beer they just drank it first