Unfortunately there wasn't a choice between the flies or the smell, aym. Now it is cooler I have neither...and no slugs....
Will deffo do the treatment early next year- the erythroniums might stand a chance. As another poster pointed out, whilst it seems expensive, it really is only the cost of a few plants (for me anyway with a small garden) and for the reduction of angst, it is worth it.
I have beaten the B slugs this time. I had several groups of Lobelia Russian Princess, some in the garden some in pots. One group in the ground was completely chomped to skeletons by the B slugs.
I tried slug pellets no use. I tried sheep's wool pellets. As someone else said the slugs seem to have parachuted in on top of the desired plants to avoid the wool pellets. I dug up these skeletons again put theme all in pots on the patio and tried wool pellets in the pots. I succeeded! Some lovely Lobelia at last last.
I think very little would have grown in my garden this year apart from the odd plants the slugs and snails really dislike.
The slugs and snails hide under the rims of plant pots as well. The slug nematodes did work but I did not try them until late in the season. I will have to get timed orders for them next time.
They have been chewing at plants they have never eaten before.
I have just been out slug picking, 40ish so far. I have found a lot of the big fat orange slugs hiding under London Pride plants but they do not seem to eat those plants.
There were more under some London Pride but a Cottinus Coggyria is in the way.
There were lots under the now empty garden compost bins which and more under black polythene bags on the soil. The black polythene capture seems to work quite well .
(I will get used to handling them soon. Today I just put on a small latex glove today and picked them off.)
Congrats on your success saving the lobelia iamweedy.
I've used the disposable latex gloves too. I did a late night hunt at 1.30am a couple of weeks ago (got bored trying to stay up to watch Usain Bolt), and collected over over 40 on the lawn alone.
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Unfortunately there wasn't a choice between the flies or the smell, aym. Now it is cooler I have neither...and no slugs....
Will deffo do the treatment early next year- the erythroniums might stand a chance. As another poster pointed out, whilst it seems expensive, it really is only the cost of a few plants (for me anyway with a small garden) and for the reduction of angst, it is worth it.
I'll give it a go today and see if I can take a successful cutting, fingers crossed.
Don't fret aym. It seems to be a common occurance for you and me, cuttings on my slug thread, my tech lessons on your flower photo thread.
As long as we don't hijack someone else's subject with our random mutterings I think we're OK
This one's mine aym . It's fine
Chatter away, I like a free range thread.
I am reverting back to the original slug thread .
I have beaten the B slugs this time. I had several groups of Lobelia Russian Princess, some in the garden some in pots. One group in the ground was completely chomped to skeletons by the B slugs.
I tried slug pellets no use. I tried sheep's wool pellets. As someone else said the slugs seem to have parachuted in on top of the desired plants to avoid the wool pellets. I dug up these skeletons again put theme all in pots on the patio and tried wool pellets in the pots. I succeeded! Some lovely Lobelia at last last.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
They are really gorgeous - a victory there!
I have been successful with the transplant-into-pot technique for many of my slug-casualties. Will be going 'nematode' next year.
I think very little would have grown in my garden this year apart from the odd plants the slugs and snails really dislike.
The slugs and snails hide under the rims of plant pots as well. The slug nematodes did work but I did not try them until late in the season. I will have to get timed orders for them next time.
They have been chewing at plants they have never eaten before.
We need a properly cold winter.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Slug survey report day one
I have just been out slug picking, 40ish so far. I have found a lot of the big fat orange slugs hiding under London Pride plants but they do not seem to eat those plants.
There were more under some London Pride but a Cottinus Coggyria is in the way.
There were lots under the now empty garden compost bins which and more under black polythene bags on the soil. The black polythene capture seems to work quite well .
(I will get used to handling them soon. Today I just put on a small latex glove today and picked them off.)
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Congrats on your success saving the lobelia iamweedy.
I've used the disposable latex gloves too. I did a late night hunt at 1.30am a couple of weeks ago (got bored trying to stay up to watch Usain Bolt), and collected over over 40 on the lawn alone.