...as long as your conscious is clear... I couldn't begin to do a thing like that... but it's not for me to be judge and jury, I just think that everything has a right to live if it's not attempting to kill me... and whatever wants to live in my garden, well, I just have to adapt to it.... the thought of killing one horrifies me to be honest, and I wouldn't want a garden without them - they have their place.... so I just protect plants that they seem especially fond of, by dispersing them temporarily.... so the plant has time to recover...and grow...
once a week sweep a small part of the beech car park, take the sand to allotment,spread around the base of the raised beds,in the raised beds use the up turned gutter tunnel and jam jar way,its working a treat,cheap builders sand and cheap cooking salt also works, they don't like it,rains a pain though.
just a suggestion, but last year i started using seers volcanic rock dust, to replace trace elements lost over time... i just use it as a top dressing and the worms do the rest, my soil had never been better...
but it was not until half way through the year that i noticed that i only had about a 5th of the number of slugs and snails compared to other years... this might of been a one off, but i'm still happy to try again
IIn have a big slug population they love my garden so I changed all my plants to slug proof and it looks fab. I don't use pellets cause I have dogs and a visiting hedgehog , plus frogs. I grow hostas in raised chimney pots with bark around the base seems to work
What a wonderful thread with so many great messages. So far so good. I have not had to kill a single slug this year as my borders are now bursting with happy healthy Astrantias, geraniums and penstemons, salvias, catmint, roses and my favourite plant of all...lavender. It is looking classy and very English. Hedgehog family are thriving too. Now I am very cautiously going to plant climbing beans out....
Hi My solution is very simple and has proved to be effective. At between 2300 - 2330 every evening (especially if it has been a warm/wet day and the tempreature stays warm) I go out into the garden with a torch. The more powerful the better.
You will see slugs and slug trails which will enevitably lead you to the offender/s. Pick them up and and pop them into a container filled with heavily salted water. This will kill the slugs. Snails on the other hand heed to be crushed. Don't know why but they seem to be able to survive for over two hours in salt water and in that time the slime their way up the side of the container and escape.
The following morning tip away the salt water and if you put the slugs in an area accessible then sometimes the birds will eat them. Good luck and good hunting.
Hi My solution is very simple and has proved to be effective. At between 2300 - 2330 every evening (especially if it has been a warm/wet day and the tempreature stays warm) I go out into the garden with a torch. The more powerful the better.
You will see slugs and slug trails which will enevitably lead you to the offender/s. Pick them up and and pop them into a container filled with heavily salted water. This will kill the slugs. Snails on the other hand need to be crushed. Don't know why but they seem to be able to survive for over two hours in salt water and in that time the slime their way up the side of the container and escape.
The following morning tip away the salt water and if you put the slugs in an area accessible then sometimes the birds/hedghogs will eat them. Good luck and good hunting.
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...as long as your conscious is clear... I couldn't begin to do a thing like that... but it's not for me to be judge and jury, I just think that everything has a right to live if it's not attempting to kill me... and whatever wants to live in my garden, well, I just have to adapt to it.... the thought of killing one horrifies me to be honest, and I wouldn't want a garden without them - they have their place.... so I just protect plants that they seem especially fond of, by dispersing them temporarily.... so the plant has time to recover...and grow...
...conscience is clear I meant...lol.. we all hope to be conscious...
My dog is healthy, happy and thats all that matters.
Thankyou, Salino
just a suggestion, but last year i started using seers volcanic rock dust, to replace trace elements lost over time... i just use it as a top dressing and the worms do the rest, my soil had never been better...
but it was not until half way through the year that i noticed that i only had about a 5th of the number of slugs and snails compared to other years... this might of been a one off, but i'm still happy to try again
oh god, poor you!
funny the nematodes didn't work - did you do it all to the letter? it's just they work really well for several people i know...
good luck.
IIn have a big slug population they love my garden so I changed all my plants to slug proof and it looks fab. I don't use pellets cause I have dogs and a visiting hedgehog , plus frogs. I grow hostas in raised chimney pots with bark around the base seems to work
What a wonderful thread with so many great messages. So far so good. I have not had to kill a single slug this year as my borders are now bursting with happy healthy Astrantias, geraniums and penstemons, salvias, catmint, roses and my favourite plant of all...lavender. It is looking classy and very English. Hedgehog family are thriving too. Now I am very cautiously going to plant climbing beans out....
Hi My solution is very simple and has proved to be effective. At between 2300 - 2330 every evening (especially if it has been a warm/wet day and the tempreature stays warm) I go out into the garden with a torch. The more powerful the better.
You will see slugs and slug trails which will enevitably lead you to the offender/s. Pick them up and and pop them into a container filled with heavily salted water. This will kill the slugs. Snails on the other hand heed to be crushed. Don't know why but they seem to be able to survive for over two hours in salt water and in that time the slime their way up the side of the container and escape.
The following morning tip away the salt water and if you put the slugs in an area accessible then sometimes the birds will eat them. Good luck and good hunting.
Hi My solution is very simple and has proved to be effective. At between 2300 - 2330 every evening (especially if it has been a warm/wet day and the tempreature stays warm) I go out into the garden with a torch. The more powerful the better.
You will see slugs and slug trails which will enevitably lead you to the offender/s. Pick them up and and pop them into a container filled with heavily salted water. This will kill the slugs. Snails on the other hand need to be crushed. Don't know why but they seem to be able to survive for over two hours in salt water and in that time the slime their way up the side of the container and escape.
The following morning tip away the salt water and if you put the slugs in an area accessible then sometimes the birds/hedghogs will eat them. Good luck and good hunting.