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Post by sweetpea on Oct 20, 2016 12:58:14 GMT
I always got a load of them, snails in particular parked up on the g'house frame or caught in the act of devouring some plant or other.
my usual method was just to chuck them out into the hedgerow but they kept returning. I think the same ones.
What I do now is put them in a container and then walk all the way to the end of the garden and tip them out into land over the fence. Council property I suppose as it goes down to the road.
Anyway, since doing that after the first couple of days I have only seen a very few tiny recently hatched snails so it seems to have worked inasmuch as they do not return and I haven't had to resort to extermination methods which I don't really like anyway.
Anyway, fingers crossed for the future.
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Post by grindle on Oct 20, 2016 15:34:10 GMT
that's good, hope they stay away for you  I'm inundated with the things this year after a wet winter I think it would take me a lot longer than a couple of days  |
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Post by sweetpea on Oct 20, 2016 16:26:42 GMT
Apologies if I posted this before. One summer night I went down the garden with a bucket and collected loads of S & S. I took them down to where there is a bit of waste ground at the end of our street that is used as a short cut to the main road. It is covered in nettles except for where it has been trodden on so there is me in T shirt and shorts making my way gingerly through the nettles in the dark with a bucket of Slugs and snails and just as I was tipping them out there was a noise very close to me. It was a couple up against the wall in flagrant delicto? Heck, having it away. I don't know who was more surprised but I took to my heels and found out the hard way where the nettles were  . At least I got rid of a load of pests. happy memories eh! |
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Post by SueA on Oct 20, 2016 18:46:10 GMT
You should have chucked the bucket of slugs & snails over them to cool their ardour sweetpea! I have found a few big fat slugs this year in the greenhouse, they tend to hide under the pots & trays & come out at night & chomp everything so every morning I kept going around lifting everything up. |
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Post by Geumlover on Oct 20, 2016 20:14:43 GMT
Reminds me of my old neighbour who caught a couple in a similar situation. "What are you doing?" He demanded. "Dunno," replied the lad. "Then move over and I'll show you what to do " says the neighbour.
By the way the large black (and brown) slugs are carnivores, they eat other slugs.
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Post by Bess on Oct 22, 2016 18:22:11 GMT
Are you sure about that, Geum? I seem to remember reading that Leopard Slugs were the ones that particularly liked to have a snack on other slugs... and they're splotchy black and brown!
My greenhouse hasn't been too bad this year. I find using mesh shelves seems to make quite a difference - much better than slats/flat shelves. I guess they're more awkward to wiggle on.
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Post by Geumlover on Oct 22, 2016 20:12:17 GMT
Positive. They eat plant material when young though, then move on to other slugs. Best bait for slugs is..........dead slugs.
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Post by ladybird on Oct 29, 2016 11:52:28 GMT
Reminds me of my old neighbour who caught a couple in a similar situation. "What are you doing?" He demanded. "Dunno," replied the lad. "Then move over and I'll show you what to do " says the neighbour. By the way the large black (and brown) slugs are carnivores, they eat other slugs. Interesting geumlover, I do remember reading a fascinating artical about slugs years ago .There are many that actually do good as you say some eat dead plant material and I have seen one see dog poo . I think you may find your slugs will eventually come back to you sweetpea, I believe thy have some sort of homing device so dumping them any where near isn`t a good idea . Perhaps your garden waste bin might carry them further afield |
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Post by daitheplant on Oct 29, 2016 18:11:47 GMT
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