Hmm, maybe. Don't put them in the compost if you have a sensitive stomach. Wear some marigolds, put the slugs in a bucket with a few inches of strong salt solution in it and tip the lot down the drain. Gardeners have to be brave and tough, you know....
That's my problem aym. As a youngster I rode my bike over a slug and half of it flew up and stuck to my bare leg. I've never been able to look one in the eye since.
Hosta, if there is any squirming at all, there isn't enough salt. It may be more humane to snip them, I don't know, I don't think I could do it. I popped out for half an hour this evening and counted just under 300 as I put them in my bucket. I wouldn't fancy 600 pieces on the grass next day, either.
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Why do I feel queasy?
Hate slugs, had no idea you could put dead ones on the compost heap.
Perhaps I can inlist my husband to do slug murder.
Hmm, maybe. Don't put them in the compost if you have a sensitive stomach. Wear some marigolds, put the slugs in a bucket with a few inches of strong salt solution in it and tip the lot down the drain. Gardeners have to be brave and tough, you know....
I knew, just KNEW that I shouldn't have read this thread before tea
. I might possibly be quite squeamish
No-one has ever described me as a delicate flower before
. TY aym?. I quite like to see a dead slug. I just couldn't use scissors
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I think the split second snip with the scissors is the least cruel treatment, and the remains are perfectly safe for other things to eat.
I have no idea about the nervous system of slugs, but the whole slug salt bath seems vile. I've seen them squirm about for hours.
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That's my problem aym
. As a youngster I rode my bike over a slug and half of it flew up and stuck to my bare leg. I've never been able to look one in the eye since.
My husband tends to sling them on top of my studio/shed working on the theory they don't like heights!
Hosta, if there is any squirming at all, there isn't enough salt. It may be more humane to snip them, I don't know, I don't think I could do it. I popped out for half an hour this evening and counted just under 300 as I put them in my bucket. I wouldn't fancy 600 pieces on the grass next day, either.