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Feb 14, 2011 19:11:01 GMT
Post by seaburn on Feb 14, 2011 19:11:01 GMT
orange skins are a favourite trap for me in my garden. pop them down on a night and next morning pick them up and any s&s in the skin can be dropped into a jar of salt water. when dead pour down a drain.
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bists
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Feb 16, 2011 20:08:18 GMT
Post by bists on Feb 16, 2011 20:08:18 GMT
You could always try used coffee grounds - they seem to work for us. Either that or the slugs and snails are ODing on caffeine and zooming about too quick for me to see them!!! ;D
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Feb 17, 2011 8:01:55 GMT
Post by merlin on Feb 17, 2011 8:01:55 GMT
Some plants deserve to get eaten, yesterday I noticed that my Delphiniums are up, but the slugs have already spotted them! not sure whether to protect or leave alone as it's very early.
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Feb 17, 2011 8:26:13 GMT
Post by grindle on Feb 17, 2011 8:26:13 GMT
Some plants deserve to get eaten, yesterday I noticed that my Delphiniums are up, but the slugs have already spotted them! not sure whether to protect or leave alone as it's very early. But they never eat those ones  |
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Feb 17, 2011 21:21:43 GMT
Post by wildlifefriendly on Feb 17, 2011 21:21:43 GMT
Have you thought about putting pellets out at night in saucers and picking them and the slugs up in the morning?
I grow my hostas in the pond.
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Feb 18, 2011 5:37:10 GMT
Post by grindle on Feb 18, 2011 5:37:10 GMT
it would be a good idea, but I let him out at night so I can't take a chance. I did think of watering in Slug Clear, but that isn't pet friendly either, looks like Nemaslug is the best and safest way
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Feb 18, 2011 6:09:31 GMT
Post by Cherry on Feb 18, 2011 6:09:31 GMT
Cover the pellets with basket shaped chicken wire and use upturned hanging baskets where they can be larger. Dylan won't touch frogs after he gets the taste they use as a protection.
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Feb 18, 2011 7:23:20 GMT
Post by merlin on Feb 18, 2011 7:23:20 GMT
Could you put the pellets under a large tile?
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Jul 27, 2011 16:34:34 GMT
Post by ljbarton on Jul 27, 2011 16:34:34 GMT
have you tried beer traps? or honey and water if you dont want to waste the beer  I tend to use grapefruit or oranges cut in half and the flesh taken out then put them around garden and in mornign they should be full of them. Though my pup used to run round with them occasionally and eat the slugs! |
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Jul 27, 2011 16:47:26 GMT
Post by sweetpea on Jul 27, 2011 16:47:26 GMT
Tip I heard yesterday from a Hosta grower. (Might have been on GW Memory fails)
Anyway what he recommended was garlic spray. Apparently you crush a garlic clove and soak in boiling water for a while then strain into a container and dilute for the actual spray.
Apparently it doesn't actually kill the slugs but they leave well alone.
Perhaps someone saw the programme and remembers the details better.
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Jul 27, 2011 16:52:35 GMT
Post by ljbarton on Jul 27, 2011 16:52:35 GMT
Garlic & cinnamon work well with ants to!
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Jul 27, 2011 17:55:49 GMT
Post by lesley on Jul 27, 2011 17:55:49 GMT
Garlic & cinnamon work well with ants to! Penny Royal is another good one it's a low growing mint and they hate it, I had ants every where in the green house so I went out and brought some split the plant into little bits and potted on I then placed it on the ground and just outside g/h haven't seen any since doing this. |
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Jul 27, 2011 18:00:20 GMT
Post by ljbarton on Jul 27, 2011 18:00:20 GMT
Any idea what works for earwigs? have huge problems with those!
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Jul 27, 2011 18:25:18 GMT
Post by Tel on Jul 27, 2011 18:25:18 GMT
Any idea what works for earwigs? have huge problems with those! I use vaseline on my flower stems to stop earwigs eating the blooms. Paraffin in a squeezy washing up liquid bottle and squirt it down the ends of garden canes. I don't know of a insecticide spray that kills them. |
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Jul 27, 2011 18:28:22 GMT
Post by ljbarton on Jul 27, 2011 18:28:22 GMT
Will give those a go! not abig fan of insecticide if I can avoid it. Thanks
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