Had a little potter today as the sun was shining !!!! Lifted a large pot off an old tree stump and found the most biggest, fattest orange slug I have ever seen, YUK. Is it a plant or slug eater ? I have left it for now after reading that some eat slugs.
Very stange but when I lifted said pot I found a lovely fuschia growing in the tree stump. There was once a fuschia growing in the pot but it died. Never seen the like before.
Porridge oats even the cheap ones ( own brand small milled) are supposed to work and although this kills the slugs does not harm any other wildlife that then eats the slugs like hedgehogs and birds. I have bought the oats and am about to sprinkle them around as I would have done with my slug pellets. Have heard this works really well. We actually have a small area of blue (yes blue) sky showing at the moment so will get out there and get scattering this afternoon.
I only recently read that slugs hate astrantias so much it can be worth planiing them near other plants to deter them.
They've never wowed me, but I may have to buy some just to try. I'm thinking a circle of them around my grown from seed geraniums! I daren't put them in the ground yet, so am growing them bigger in pots first.
Don't you believe it, Lokelani, that's what they told me, so I bought the lovely dark red one - 2 days later gone! But then we have so many slugs and snails, that they have to eat what they can get.
Slugs and Snails had been happily chomping there way through my runner bean plants until I put crushed egg shell around them and now the Beans are looking alot better. Lots of new leaves and runners too.....I finally think I may have won the battle aas id tried pellets & putting vaserline on the poles.....YIPEEEEEE
I read that caffeine kills slugs & snails so I tried watering my hostas with coffee, amazing results! lovely new leaves have grown & they look lovely. My garden is crawling with the slimey creatures & I want to water everything with coffee but am worried if this could harm frogs, fish & other helpful insects. Anyone got any ideas?
it is expensive but not if you get through tubs of pellets, it is harmless to humans and wildlife, It cost me £40.00 to cover my flower beds, but I do have a large garden, and when you tally up what you may have spent on plants or seeds, its well worth it.
I do feel however, that it wont last as long as it says on the packet, so it needs to be done every 6 - 8 weeks.( IMO).
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I went for a walk in our local woods the other day and noticed a distinct lack of munching ! What I would like to know is why don't they eat everything in sight there ? Granted , there are a lot of birds but didn't see much S/S activity at all . Maybe they just like posh nosh !
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Very stange but when I lifted said pot I found a lovely fuschia growing in the tree stump. There was once a fuschia growing in the pot but it died. Never seen the like before.
I have a high toad polulation in my garden and not too many slugs, I'm assuming the toads are looking after the slugs.
Porridge oats even the cheap ones ( own brand small milled) are supposed to work and although this kills the slugs does not harm any other wildlife that then eats the slugs like hedgehogs and birds. I have bought the oats and am about to sprinkle them around as I would have done with my slug pellets. Have heard this works really well. We actually have a small area of blue (yes blue) sky showing at the moment so will get out there and get scattering this afternoon.
I only recently read that slugs hate astrantias so much it can be worth planiing them near other plants to deter them.
They've never wowed me, but I may have to buy some just to try. I'm thinking a circle of them around my grown from seed geraniums! I daren't put them in the ground yet, so am growing them bigger in pots first.
Slugs and Snails had been happily chomping there way through my runner bean plants until I put crushed egg shell around them and now the Beans are looking alot better. Lots of new leaves and runners too.....I finally think I may have won the battle aas id tried pellets & putting vaserline on the poles.....YIPEEEEEE
I read that caffeine kills slugs & snails so I tried watering my hostas with coffee, amazing results! lovely new leaves have grown & they look lovely. My garden is crawling with the slimey creatures & I want to water everything with coffee but am worried if this could harm frogs, fish & other helpful insects. Anyone got any ideas?
I use this http://www.unwins.co.uk/nemaslug-slug-killer-40m-pack*-pid2507.html?gclid=CM_XzPLiobECFWJItAodVFWZxQ
it is expensive but not if you get through tubs of pellets, it is harmless to humans and wildlife, It cost me £40.00 to cover my flower beds, but I do have a large garden, and when you tally up what you may have spent on plants or seeds, its well worth it.
I do feel however, that it wont last as long as it says on the packet, so it needs to be done every 6 - 8 weeks.( IMO).
I went for a walk in our local woods the other day and noticed a distinct lack of munching ! What I would like to know is why don't they eat everything in sight there ? Granted , there are a lot of birds but didn't see much S/S activity at all . Maybe they just like posh nosh !