The Slug Bell; have you used them and do they work

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ARPoet

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I saw this on Seans youtube (TVpeOUB_8zg) from Harrogate and thought what a good idea...
http://www.slugbell.com/
Have any members bought them and do they work for you?
Roger.

Its Grand Being Daft

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Kleftiwallah

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Re: The Slug Bell; have you used them and do they work
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2015, 15:24 »
Would look nice in a twee veggie patch, but I have found the discarded lengths of guttering after the peas have been planted inverted at various places around the garden also collect numerous slugs and snails.   :)

Cheers,   Tony.
I may be growing OLD, but I refuse to grow UP !

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cadalot

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Re: The Slug Bell; have you used them and do they work
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2015, 15:43 »
I just use pop bottles with the tops cut off and inverted back into the body and staple them or weld them with a soldering iron. keeps the pellets away from the wild life, the slugs pop in for a snack find it hard to get out again and I can see the pellets are working. Periodically I pick up and replace wilt new traps.

If I put beer in I have the bottom into the ground and little and if I have pellets I jave the front lower than the back so water will not get in and make my pellets wet.
2014-11-18 (01) Slug Trap.jpg
2014-11-18 (02) Slug Trap.jpg

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Re: The Slug Bell; have you used them and do they work
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2015, 22:12 »
Hi ARPoet,

It's an interesting idea. I've done something similar with terracotta pots suspended on canes stuffed with straw. But, that was to trap earwigs.
I am sure you could make one of these 'slug bells' yourself with a little ingenuity. ;)



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