If they didn't come back, I would happily relocate them to another part of the garden.
Malt vineger (I don't dilute). They are dead in seconds and no fizzing, the vineger preserves them so there are no bad smells and you can use the same pot until it is full, then on to the compost heap.
Lidl sell pint bottles at 17p, so not an expensive exercise.
I only protect the veggies, everything else has to fend for itself. Don't forget to leave the leopard slugs alone, they eat the others. I have one inside the polytunnel on daily patrol, it is now 7" long so must be eating well!
Can you just sprinkle the vinegar on them like you can with salt, or do you have to immerse the whole slug/snail in vinegar?
Most of the slugs have been eaten by the blackbirds and frogs in the garden, BUT as I let the dog out last night for his last wee (he understands 'bedtime wee-wee'), there was a huge black monster of a thing heading straight for my strawberries. So he got a-salted, vinegar would be a lot cheaper. Didn't know about it attracting other slugs and snails, so I guess I need to go out later with a bucket of water and a brush and wash the remains down the drain.
I really hate the slimy critters, but will happily tolerate frogs/hedgehogs and birds, anything that doesn't eat my plants but eats pests. Roll on the day I can have some chooks in the back garden!
I poured boiling water. Death is instantaneous.Just remember not to pour boiling water on the grass as it can scorch the grass as mine has. Not only the snails and slugs died, my grass too.
I did try spraying with a 50/50 vinegar water spray, but after a minute of writhing in agony, the slug rolled around int the damp soil, seamed to recover himself and carry on his way. If you don't like picking them up, I find a small hand trowel does the job so long as they are not on a leaf. I heard someone else say they used chop sticks!
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If they didn't come back, I would happily relocate them to another part of the garden.
Malt vineger (I don't dilute). They are dead in seconds and no fizzing, the vineger preserves them so there are no bad smells and you can use the same pot until it is full, then on to the compost heap.
Lidl sell pint bottles at 17p, so not an expensive exercise.
I only protect the veggies, everything else has to fend for itself. Don't forget to leave the leopard slugs alone, they eat the others. I have one inside the polytunnel on daily patrol, it is now 7" long so must be eating well!
Vinegar - brilliant idea,shall use that next year and the bonus of no smell as snails after a couple of days in a bucket honk to high heaven
Can you just sprinkle the vinegar on them like you can with salt, or do you have to immerse the whole slug/snail in vinegar?
Most of the slugs have been eaten by the blackbirds and frogs in the garden, BUT as I let the dog out last night for his last wee (he understands 'bedtime wee-wee'), there was a huge black monster of a thing heading straight for my strawberries. So he got a-salted, vinegar would be a lot cheaper. Didn't know about it attracting other slugs and snails, so I guess I need to go out later with a bucket of water and a brush and wash the remains down the drain.
I really hate the slimy critters, but will happily tolerate frogs/hedgehogs and birds, anything that doesn't eat my plants but eats pests. Roll on the day I can have some chooks in the back garden!
I poured boiling water. Death is instantaneous.Just remember not to pour boiling water on the grass as it can scorch the grass as mine has. Not only the snails and slugs died, my grass too.
I did try spraying with a 50/50 vinegar water spray, but after a minute of writhing in agony, the slug rolled around int the damp soil, seamed to recover himself and carry on his way. If you don't like picking them up, I find a small hand trowel does the job so long as they are not on a leaf. I heard someone else say they used chop sticks!
I like the vinegar idea,pickled snails and slugs ,wonder if french know that one.