Hi Highland, i really hope not however ,while we live here we spend most of our time 2 miles away at the allotment ,it was coming home to the mess that upset Kate so much,SO this time were getting a house with a big,big garden so ill be out there most of the time wi mi wata pistol and slug pellets
We all have our preferred ways, I use something sharp at night. It's quick, free and doesn't leave any possible risk to anything else (although obviously not very nice). Last year was an exceptionally good year for slugs, shame it wasn't great for the rest of us.
cheers to all that have replyed.not used slug pellets before just had afew people tell me that they can be harmful to the birds,i go out at night looking for them when the time comes and kept it under control but with more of the wet weather we are having struggeling to keep up with them.and as for the cats its not as much them doing there business on my garden its them killing the birds and raking up my containers and even coming into the house.i just have a small back yard made of concrete and brick so try to make the most out of it, and with the pots been dug out by the cat and the bird table in reach of them it just makes thing hard.
My understanding is that there is something in the slug pellets that affects the shell quality of the birds who eat the slugs and snails so the egg shells are weakened and break and the birds are unable to reproduce. I've not read anything about this recently but it was certainly talked about some years ago in farming magazines.
I would rather use Nematodes if I had a problem - a much safer way to control slugs.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think we have to accept that people use different ways of controlling slugs and should not be made to feel guilty about using slug pellets of any sort in moderation-as for the feeding of wildlife issue there are still plenty of slugs to go round-whatever method is used there seems to be and endless supply-nothing will go hungry.
We will never,ever wipe them out
I also believe the poisoning issue is covered in the links above
I don't use pellets only because I have a dog who helps me in the garden chewing what she can so I prefer not to use them , I haven't the b***s to snip them (too squeamish) I will stand on them , salt odd one or bin em ...
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Hi Highland, i really hope not however ,
while we live here we spend most of our time 2 miles away at the allotment ,it was coming home to the mess that upset Kate so much,SO this time were getting a house with a big,big garden so ill be out there most of the time wi mi wata pistol and slug pellets
good luck Alan
cheers to all that have replyed.not used slug pellets before just had afew people tell me that they can be harmful to the birds,i go out at night looking for them when the time comes and kept it under control but with more of the wet weather we are having struggeling to keep up with them.and as for the cats its not as much them doing there business on my garden its them killing the birds and raking up my containers and even coming into the house.i just have a small back yard made of concrete and brick so try to make the most out of it, and with the pots been dug out by the cat and the bird table in reach of them it just makes thing hard.
Hollie hock, if you kill all the slugs and snails what will the wildlife eat?
My understanding is that there is something in the slug pellets that affects the shell quality of the birds who eat the slugs and snails so the egg shells are weakened and break and the birds are unable to reproduce. I've not read anything about this recently but it was certainly talked about some years ago in farming magazines.
I would rather use Nematodes if I had a problem - a much safer way to control slugs.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think we have to accept that people use different ways of controlling slugs and should not be made to feel guilty about using slug pellets of any sort in moderation-as for the feeding of wildlife issue there are still plenty of slugs to go round-whatever method is used there seems to be and endless supply-nothing will go hungry.
We will never,ever wipe them out
I also believe the poisoning issue is covered in the links above