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Post by Moonlight on Jul 10, 2013 22:03:45 GMT
Some of my children's vegetables have been nibbled. Tried putting halved oranges in to tempt the slugs and snails but in the morning all that I had were ants.
Any good ideas gratefully received.
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 11, 2013 12:16:07 GMT
A couple of things for you to ponder. Go out after dark with a torch and bucket and catch the s & s they don't move very fast so are easy to catch  Put them in your bucket and dispose of. I used to take mine down to a piece of waste ground and empty them out there. There is a liquid slug killer which you water on to the area/s you wish to protect but I can't remember what it is called. You will still have dead bodies scattered around to dispose of. I no longer use slug bait preferring to let the frogs etc. do the job for me. When the occasional snail gets in the g'house it is sent flying onto adjacent land hopefully not to return any time soon. About 6 or 7 years ago we were staying with friends her in S. Wales at their converted farmhouse in the country. I was out in the garden doing some astronomy observing and I became aware of a ghosty white figure moving around. It was the lady of the house out in her nightie catching slugs and snails. We both got a bit of a fright but had a good laugh afterwards. Apparently it was a habit of hers and as the garden is quite remote from anywhere she never gave a thought to being overlooked. just hadn't realised I was out there.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 11, 2013 14:02:06 GMT
A couple of things for you to ponder. Go out after dark with a torch and bucket and catch the s & s they don't move very fast so are easy to catch Put them in your bucket and dispose of. I used to take mine down to a piece of waste ground and empty them out there. There is a liquid slug killer which you water on to the area/s you wish to protect but I can't remember what it is called. You will still have dead bodies scattered around to dispose of. I no longer use slug bait preferring to let the frogs etc. do the job for me. When the occasional snail gets in the g'house it is sent flying onto adjacent land hopefully not to return any time soon. About 6 or 7 years ago we were staying with friends her in S. Wales at their converted farmhouse in the country. I was out in the garden doing some astronomy observing and I became aware of a ghosty white figure moving around. It was the lady of the house out in her nightie catching slugs and snails. We both got a bit of a fright but had a good laugh afterwards. Apparently it was a habit of hers and as the garden is quite remote from anywhere she never gave a thought to being overlooked. just hadn't realised I was out there. 
With the girls I need to do something that won't harm them or contaminate the food.
The cabbage plants that have leaves nibbled are the ones that our daughter has started pulling. Ones that are nibbled already are discarded but the good ones are going to be eaten. Last night we had ('fish' / = Vegetarian burger) and chips and daughter no.2's cabbage.
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I am a hypocrite because my poor Eastwood Moonlight has been attacked last night and I have put out more slug pellets.  Why couldn't it pick a Happy Halloween???[/i] |
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Post by Tel on Jul 11, 2013 18:56:43 GMT
An old jam jar buried up to the rim with enough beer in to drown them, placed near plants that are been eaten by them.
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 11, 2013 19:13:53 GMT
An old jam jar buried up to the rim with enough beer in to drown them, placed near plants that are been eaten by them.  |
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Post by Tel on Jul 11, 2013 19:15:59 GMT
An old jam jar buried up to the rim with enough beer in to drown them, placed near plants that are been eaten by them. Not sure Moonlight, worth a go though.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 11, 2013 19:27:32 GMT
Would shandy work? Haven't got beer. Not sure Moonlight, worth a go though. |
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Post by Bess on Jul 17, 2013 19:22:56 GMT
I read in Country Living magazine for Aug, that apparently if you deposit snails over a quarter of a mile away from your patch, they can't navigate back.
If you get rid of them any closer than that, they will return... I can't remember if this included slugs. Some woman has been doing experiments - painting snail shells to tell!
I'm not sure if this would make a significant difference or not, if you 'emptied' your garden, as others might move right back in...
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Post by Moonlight on Aug 2, 2013 13:19:20 GMT
I read in Country Living magazine for Aug, that apparently if you deposit snails over a quarter of a mile away from your patch, they can't navigate back. If you get rid of them any closer than that, they will return... I can't remember if this included slugs. Some woman has been doing experiments - painting snail shells to tell! I'm not sure if this would make a significant difference or not, if you 'emptied' your garden, as others might move right back in...  |
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Put them in your bucket and dispose of. I used to take mine down to a piece of waste ground and empty them out there.
Why couldn't it pick a Happy Halloween???
