I placed a cucumber plant out for its first night, only to find the slugs had eaten through the main stem by the morning. Even the plants slugs aren't supposed to like, get eaten here.
I find early morning and near dusk are the best times to go slug hunting. I thought I'd found loads using the manual method, but having resorted to judicious use of non-methaldeyhide pellets I'm amazed at how many more there are. I guess they live in the soil and emerge when we're not looking? It's a good idea to sprinkle the pellets not just around precious plants but also in the dark, dank places where they hide, like under hedges, plant pots and so on.
I have a large forsythia that grows like a tree with a thick trunk in my front garden that is always full of snails. It's over 7ft high and I go out collecting them with a bucket.
I imagine the neighbours looking out and wondering what I'm doing as I pick my "unusual fruits" from the top branches.
South facing too aym but has a privet hedge on it's west side and a low ivy covered fence on the north side. (Think the snails live on the fence, hiding behind the ivy)
It's that wonky one I showed you in a photo when you gave tips on taking cuttings. Remember you said to peg a shoot in the ground until it roots and I had to show you how high it was. Ha.
The soil is pretty average, probably a little dry because of the hedge but never had problems getting stuff to grow in it.
So once you have picked your slug fruit what do you do with them? I flushed half a bucket of em' another lot went in the green waste bin. my buddy dumps his down the road.. Does he not know that they come back... I thought of useing them as carp bait...But never did.
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Not all slugs are bad:
http://www.slugoff.co.uk/slug-facts/bad-slugs
I need to remember this.
Bloody Spanish slugs, coming over here, eating all our plants and doggy doo doo..
http://www.slugwatch.co.uk/?page_id=174
I placed a cucumber plant out for its first night, only to find the slugs had eaten through the main stem by the morning. Even the plants slugs aren't supposed to like, get eaten here.
Last edited: 20 June 2016 11:58:16
went slug hunting at 10pm tonight torch etc only found 4 slugs and a snail... Hmm maybe early moring?? Iknow they are munching my spuds foliage..
Last edited: 21 June 2016 00:51:15
I find early morning and near dusk are the best times to go slug hunting. I thought I'd found loads using the manual method, but having resorted to judicious use of non-methaldeyhide pellets I'm amazed at how many more there are. I guess they live in the soil and emerge when we're not looking? It's a good idea to sprinkle the pellets not just around precious plants but also in the dark, dank places where they hide, like under hedges, plant pots and so on.
I have a large forsythia that grows like a tree with a thick trunk in my front garden that is always full of snails. It's over 7ft high and I go out collecting them with a bucket.
I imagine the neighbours looking out and wondering what I'm doing as I pick my "unusual fruits" from the top branches.
South facing too aym but has a privet hedge on it's west side and a low ivy covered fence on the north side. (Think the snails live on the fence, hiding behind the ivy)
It's that wonky one I showed you in a photo when you gave tips on taking cuttings. Remember you said to peg a shoot in the ground until it roots and I had to show you how high it was.
Ha.
The soil is pretty average, probably a little dry because of the hedge but never had problems getting stuff to grow in it.
I haven't even checked them, to be honest I'd completely forgotten about them.
I'll have a look tomorrow (if I can remember where I stuck the pot, oops).
So once you have picked your slug fruit what do you do with them? I flushed half a bucket of em' another lot went in the green waste bin. my buddy dumps his down the road.. Does he not know that they come back... I thought of useing them as carp bait...But never did.
Last edited: 22 June 2016 00:54:50