[WhippetMaster]

The battle has begun. Planted broccoli out over the past two days and slugs have demolished two plants already. They have attacked a third by climbing in through a "half pop bottle cloche" crafty beggars, they must have one hell of a sense of smell.

Should I have left it longer?? Do I use slug pellets??? Any other counter measures I can take???

[naturesparadise]

there are new slug pellets out now that dont hurt anything other than slugs and snails

here is the link im going to try them this year
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=61_179&products_id=1821

[richyrich7]

I just use the normal one's  :evil:  you could put them in a plastic bottle laid on it's side with a few slug/snail size holes in if you wish, keeps them away from most animals and off the soil

[shaun]

theres only one way to kill slugs n snails and its pellets.

[ck2day]

Oooh what a mercenary lot you are, poor little slugs just off out for a midnight slide looking for a juicy cabbage leaf or tender brocolli plant to sustain them...........nuke the lot of them I say, they deserve every thing they get.        

Sinking a small dish into the ground and filling with beer (by the cheapest going, slugs aren't fussy, doesn't work with coke or lemonade though), is a sure fired way to kill a few! They are attracted to the smell, slide in and drown. What a good way to go!

My FIL nearly died when I told him I had done that with beer, think he was off to find the beer and beat the slugs to it!

       

Claire

[richyrich7]

Ducks are good too...........but then they eat everything including the plants  :?

[fletch]

I agree with Shaun, I've tried every single method going over the years and the only thing that works is pellets, and lots of them!

[Stripey_cat]

Going out slug hunting with a bucket of scalding water is very satisfying.  When you drop them in, they kind of melt.  (It disturbs me a little just how fascinating I find this!)  Half an hour on a wet evening will make a real dent in the population.  It's not enough to completely solve the problem, but it helps.

[WhippetMaster]

Just been out and mashed 29 of the little beggers hiding in and around my raised beds. Armed with salt and chopping knife :evil:

[puravida]

I like to use a combination of kebab skewer, sharp knife and disused burger-flipper from the BBQ.

Some get kebabed, some get sliced in two, some get scooped and flipped over the wall (long way down the other side)

I find most of my pent up day to day aggression can be taken out this way.


Might start wearing a Rambo headband and playing some Wagner next time...

[sharky]

how do pellets work?
Think i remember using then and finding slime everywhere like they had physically exploded?    

[Ruby Red]

If you have pots try mixing salt and vaseline together and rubbing on the pot half way up and round its circumference.

[weeeed]

Buy a big bag of bran and watch them gobble it up and then explode. All creatures may have been made by God but slugs are from the devil! :twisted:  

[mashauk]

You could always recycle them, I wonder how many were used to make a pair of trousers, gross but true.

[muddywellies]

B&Q are the cheapest place for those new organic slug pellets - 3 pounds something or other. Have stocked up with 3 tubs  :twisted: