The carcases seem to attract more slugs, so you get to slaughter a few more. I find that they have dired up and disappeared (been eaten?) within about three days.
I've found a few of the big slightly buried ones too. I really did go yuk when I pulled the first one up & saw all the white eggs below. Urgh.
I got rid of them all carefully. They were in pots that had copper tape on, but is a few years old. I did find it worked fairly well until this year though. Unless as has already been said they can get across from foliage in another pot or drooping leaves. It's expensive but so are most non pellet options.
We have a small pond & slug numbers have gone down a bit even though we don't see frogs, we get frogspawn each year.
Hedgehogs are meant to be great for eating them, but we're too well fenced to keep the dog in.
There are lots of plants I just won't grow because of them. I'm determined to get delphiniums established. I'm growing them on in pots in the table from seed until they're big enough to cope hopefully though.
Lokelani I did the same and when they got to a foot high I thought they'd be ok. oh no the creature have still decimated them. Might have to grow them in pots permanently. I will not give up!
Watch out everyone. I went to fill a new planter with MPC from an opened bag today only to find something had been laying eggs in it. Nice white round balls just like the ones I found attached to the snail last week. Glad I spotted them as that would not have been a good start to the plants would it?
Oh dear diggingdoris, I wasn't planning on leaving them in pots that long, but maybe I will! I'm definitely not going to rush them having read that....
I'm determined not to give up on delphiniums this time round.
One ray of hope, I saw two tiny baby frogs hopping away from me in the flower bed today, so fingers crossed......
Lokelani, you only need a small hole to let hedgehogs through. I've seen adults squeeze under a solid gate only about 3 inches off the ground. An inch or two more would be more comfortable. Unless you have miniature chihuahuas I think the dogs would be safe.
Has anyone come across the spanish slug that was in the paper the other day it looked huge. I know I dont mind cutting them in half but even Ill be squeamish cutting one of them!!
Not sure if it was one of those but I found a bright orange one easily 4 inches long when I was walking the dog. Not seen any in my garden. Occasionaly I see the big black 3inch ones, but not recently. Size doesn't seem to matter when it comes to slugs, as the small ones do just as much damage! What I find amusing is that rhubarb leaves are poisonous to us, but the slugs munch on them and it doesn't kill them!
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The carcases seem to attract more slugs, so you get to slaughter a few more. I find that they have dired up and disappeared (been eaten?) within about three days.
I've found a few of the big slightly buried ones too. I really did go yuk when I pulled the first one up & saw all the white eggs below. Urgh.
I got rid of them all carefully. They were in pots that had copper tape on, but is a few years old. I did find it worked fairly well until this year though. Unless as has already been said they can get across from foliage in another pot or drooping leaves. It's expensive but so are most non pellet options.
We have a small pond & slug numbers have gone down a bit even though we don't see frogs, we get frogspawn each year.
Hedgehogs are meant to be great for eating them, but we're too well fenced to keep the dog in.
There are lots of plants I just won't grow because of them. I'm determined to get delphiniums established. I'm growing them on in pots in the table from seed until they're big enough to cope hopefully though.
Lokelani I did the same and when they got to a foot high I thought they'd be ok. oh no the creature have still decimated them. Might have to grow them in pots permanently. I will not give up!
I don't know much (anything) about using copper, but I understand it has to be cleaned every year. I read on one thread that you can use brown sauce!!
Watch out everyone. I went to fill a new planter with MPC from an opened bag today only to find something had been laying eggs in it. Nice white round balls just like the ones I found attached to the snail last week. Glad I spotted them as that would not have been a good start to the plants would it?
Oh dear diggingdoris, I wasn't planning on leaving them in pots that long, but maybe I will! I'm definitely not going to rush them having read that....
I'm determined not to give up on delphiniums this time round.
One ray of hope, I saw two tiny baby frogs hopping away from me in the flower bed today, so fingers crossed......
Lokelani, you only need a small hole to let hedgehogs through. I've seen adults squeeze under a solid gate only about 3 inches off the ground. An inch or two more would be more comfortable. Unless you have miniature chihuahuas I think the dogs would be safe.
Has anyone come across the spanish slug that was in the paper the other day it looked huge. I know I dont mind cutting them in half but even Ill be squeamish cutting one of them!!
Not sure if it was one of those but I found a bright orange one easily 4 inches long when I was walking the dog. Not seen any in my garden. Occasionaly I see the big black 3inch ones, but not recently. Size doesn't seem to matter when it comes to slugs, as the small ones do just as much damage! What I find amusing is that rhubarb leaves are poisonous to us, but the slugs munch on them and it doesn't kill them!