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Slugs and their relatives
runnerbean23
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Has anyone got any surefire ways to stop slugs and the like eating everything I've planted,It seems the only things they dont like are onions and potatoes that are thriving well in the veg patch . I did hear marigolds would be beneficial , I planted about 20 of those and they disappeared also, I would appreciate any help , thanks
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Nematodes haven't really stopped my veg getting scoffed, think they may have helped but still getting stuff eaten under the butterfly / bird netting.
Ah the poor things, I have a huge one in an aquarium, Brian Snail. They are supposed to be kept warn and moist, I am always spraying the tank.
If those two breed in the wild you will have to look out for your veg plots then.
Brian chomps his way through lettuce and cucumber.
Edd, I'd need wellies to stamp on one of those, not my usual flip flops, might be messy
Lyn I wouldn't stamp on your Brain
Philippa I think I might be in the dog house...or I could live in a shell
I'm sure that pic wasn't Brian.
They are African snails and I would have thought they needed warmth, thats what I was told, I worry about him in the winter, even though he is in the kitchen,
this is Brian, he is sleeping on his food plate , he has taken to doing this the past few days, he will pull all the food off it to sleep on it. There must be a brain in there somewhere!.
Lyn do you have to muck him out? Soz' only joking. At least you know where he is at all times
Yes, I do muck him out, onto the compost heap.he quietly sits in a margarine tub. Often wondered what he would do if I left him in the garden for a while. It would have to be at night though, cos he sleeps all day, just like his little brothers.
He was so tiny as a baby, like a very small garden snail, grew quickly though.
Keff, i bought this, its so fine I dont think it would even let a greenfly in.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/QVS-Shop-Purpose-Garden-Netting/dp/B00DI0B9RM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1404243349&sr=8-7&keywords=butterfly+mesh
soorry I dont have the link icon on my tablet.
Lyn not often that I'm lost for words
I could supply the whole county with slugs! I go around the garden with a stanley knife, if I pull back the edge where the grass meets the wood edge there a great clusters. I am not sure about breeding the nematodes in water, they live in the ground and only need to be damp.