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Snails in the Lawn!

angela154angela154 Posts: 2
in Problem solving

Help!   This evening, a very hot and dry July one, I discovered hundreds and I mean hundreds of large brown slugs,  many in groups of four or five, all over the lawn of our London garden.

We do regular evening swoops on snails attacking the pots on the terrace and the flowers in the beds,  but this is different and truly horrible.  

Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon?  And what if anything is the remedy?   Any advice will be warmly appreciated.    

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  • BLTBLT Posts: 525

    Yes  I picked up 80 in about 20 minutes.. I flushed the slugs.. The Snails went in the compost bin and got carted off to the green waste depot..

    Last edited: 20 July 2016 22:03:51

  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601

    Welcome to my world, Angela. I put them in a bucket containing a strong salt solution and in the morning they go down the drain. I have to say that I have never known a year as bad as this one. Perhaps things will improve next year.

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Try slug nematodes.  I've been using them for about 3 years now, getting very little slug damage and my garden has a grass field and ditch on one side and a wild area on the other.  They might seem expensive (£23 to treat 100 square metres) but that is only the cost of a couple of decent sized plants and I lost far more than that to slugs each year before I started using nemaslug.  As long as you apply them correctly (onto already damp soil when temperatures don't go below 5C) and follow the instructions on the pack, they do work.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • angela154angela154 Posts: 2

    Thanks to everyone

    I've taken the death by bucket route this time. Next stop nematodes.    Happy gardening! 

  • CupcakeMrsCupcakeMrs Posts: 4

    I've had the same problem. I'be also had an attack for the dreaded vine weevil. I applied slug nematodes and vine weevil nematodes yesterday evening - fingers crossed. image

  • BusylizBusyliz Posts: 149

    I go around the lawn at night with a torch and kill any I find. By the next morning, all the bodies seem to have disappeared. Presume the birds have an early morning buffet?

  • Lou12Lou12 Posts: 1,149

    Oh yuck!!!! I've seen maybe two on my lawn and a couple of snails on the sunflower, that's it.

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