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If you see a slug or snail

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  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502

    I just don't see there being a need in my garden. I've lost a few plants but I do have a lot of them.

    I think it might upset some kind of balance and I'm too lazy to interfere with the wildlife tbh. 

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    Wearside, England.
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527

    I do squash the odd one and slug eggs but I mostly chuck them in the brown bin ( garden recycle bin ), I dont know if they can get out or not image 

    I been uses wool pellets around my most vulnerable plants which do work very well. I trying organic slugs plants also this year. Normal slug pellets used in GH. I not a fan of salt either, I made beer traps before as well but a lot of messing around.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I try and work out which species they areimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    "...they don't do much damage do they?"image

    Yes.

  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502

    Well I stand corrected Steve309image

    Wearside, England.
  • I leave them. I don't have the heart to kill them and my plants are mostly disliked by them anyway.

    Plus I'm too queasy to touch something so slimy. Yuk.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Hmm, 

    they do little damage here, I haven't killed all the natural predators.

    I love my plants but I love the natural world as well. I don't feel my wishes are more important than that.image

     That is my opinion. I think it's necessary to differentiate between fact and opinion. Many opinions are offered  as fact every day, it can be hard to find a fact when you need one.

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • I've got a little pond that has frogs visit every year.

    Haven't seen a hedgies this year.

    I use pellets around small delicate newly planted plants.

    I pick up live slugs and snails and chuck them up on my garage roof for passing birds.

    The pellets I use defiantly kill slugs because I see them all shrivelled up covered in flies.

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