Angie very funny, mind you if you seen my neighbours garden.. ,she wouldn't have to throw them over, the slugs would be leaving in their droves to get away from all the rubbish that is in it. And I don't mean vegetation I mean rubbish!!
Nematodes yes they say they only work for six weeks but the effect lasts all summer and into the next. As you seriously dent the population.
I have always suffered with slugs never been able to grow a delphinium had slugs so bad 2013 and worse in 2014 i couldn't grow much at all large plants got eaten over night and despite thousands of seeds not one came up.
2015 large application of nematodes did mine and near side of neighbours weed and slug haven and five weeks later second application , I have snails this year a few more than would like but not excessive but still barely a slug in sight.
last year I planted delphiniums and this year i have got huge clumps of green awaiting blue spires.
Zenjeff, thanks for all that information, no wonder we cant get rid of them. If you look at it from their point of view they are amazing little creatures. But I still hate them with a vengeance!! and will do my very best to hunt them out and dispose of them
Hedgehogs only eat slugs at a last resort as per this
Hedgehogs mainly eat beetles and caterpillars, not slugs and snails
The idea that they only eat slugs and snails is very wrong. Only approximately 5% of their diet naturally will be slugs or snails.
They will only eat a lot of slugs and snails when they are starving and no other food is available.
A hedgehog that is forced to rely only on slugs and snails will not survive long. Offering a hedgehog additional food is the best thing for the hedgehog
Slugs and snails are the primary carriers for the lungworm which is the biggest killer of hedgehogs except for us and our careless behaviour
When I saw the thread title I had a pretty disgusting image go through my mind. I would however happily stay out of the garden for a few days if it really did happen.
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Linda Fairweather, they were probably tossed over the fence by your neighbour, LOL.
Angie very funny, mind you if you seen my neighbours garden.. ,she wouldn't have to throw them over, the slugs would be leaving in their droves to get away from all the rubbish that is in it. And I don't mean vegetation I mean rubbish!!
Nematodes yes they say they only work for six weeks but the effect lasts all summer and into the next. As you seriously dent the population.
I have always suffered with slugs never been able to grow a delphinium had slugs so bad 2013 and worse in 2014 i couldn't grow much at all large plants got eaten over night and despite thousands of seeds not one came up.
2015 large application of nematodes did mine and near side of neighbours weed and slug haven and five weeks later second application , I have snails this year a few more than would like but not excessive but still barely a slug in sight.
last year I planted delphiniums and this year i have got huge clumps of green awaiting blue spires.
Agree with nin I started usingNematoids three years ago and the reduction in numbers is amazing
Have they got branches of the intelligence as well?
Zenjeff, thanks for all that information, no wonder we cant get rid of them. If you look at it from their point of view they are amazing little creatures. But I still hate them with a vengeance!! and will do my very best to hunt them out and dispose of them
But what will the hedgehogs eat?
There'll be some left. After the nuclear winter, cockroaches and slugs will be left.
Fidget
Hedgehogs only eat slugs at a last resort as per this
- Hedgehogs mainly eat beetles and caterpillars, not slugs and snails
- The idea that they only eat slugs and snails is very wrong. Only approximately 5% of their diet naturally will be slugs or snails.
- They will only eat a lot of slugs and snails when they are starving and no other food is available.
- A hedgehog that is forced to rely only on slugs and snails will not survive long. Offering a hedgehog additional food is the best thing for the hedgehog
Slugs and snails are the primary carriers for the lungworm which is the biggest killer of hedgehogs except for us and our careless behaviourWhen I saw the thread title I had a pretty disgusting image go through my mind. I would however happily stay out of the garden for a few days if it really did happen.