[Annie]

At the end of summer last year i remember finding loads of huge slugs in the carrots but no damage and night hunts usually reveals medium sized and lots of mini slugs.I am of the opinion that it is those tiny ones that do most of the damage although you can`t help wondering how the big ones get so big....

[Little Miss Muffet]

Slugs also do not like course grit.We have had a huge amount this year due to the weather .i collect mine when its raining then sait the lot of them.

[kaz]

I hate the feeling when I tread on them on the paths  :shock:  it's making me cringe to think about it :?

[Little Miss Muffet]

I hate the feeling when I tread on them on the paths  :shock:  it's making me cringe to think about it :?

i hate them when i was younger about 5 i went out with bare feet and stood on a slug which went inbetween my toes.i cant bare to touch them now. :twisted:

[muntjac]

I hate the feeling when I tread on them on the paths  :shock:  it's making me cringe to think about it :?

i hate them when i was younger about 5 i went out with bare feet and stood on a slug which went inbetween my toes.i cant bare to touch them now. :twisted:

 once did that in a spanish swimming pol but it wasnt a slug :roll:

[wildeone]

I hate the feeling when I tread on them on the paths  :shock:  it's making me cringe to think about it :?

i hate them when i was younger about 5 i went out with bare feet and stood on a slug which went inbetween my toes.i cant bare to touch them now. :twisted:

 once did that in a spanish swimming pol but it wasnt a slug :roll:

I really wish i'd :cry:  :roll:    read this after breakfast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even my coffee tastes funny now!!!

[pepper]

I loathe the horrible slimey things (and it doesn't help that I broke and badly dislocated my ankle last year while hunting them at night) Whenever I go to my plot I take a pair of scissors and I cut them in half or stamp very hard on the snails :twisted:  while laughing  :twisted:   :twisted:
I'm nice really, honest -slugs and snails just bring out a dark side :!:

[WG.]

Don't stamp too hard pepper, you might dislocate an ankle  

[pepper]

That's true - I'll have to be more careful and not enjoy it so much in future :!:

[Little Miss Muffet]

once did that in a spanish swimming pol but it wasnt a slug
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        ewwwww

[sweet nasturtium]

At dusk, yesterday evening I went out for some slug-slaughtering and found something terrible.

It was brown, it was around 18inches long!  It was curled in a c-shape with kind of white frilly bits at either end.  It appeared to be dead - it didn't move.  I prodded it with my foot - it was spongy.

I had never seen anything like it.  Until I saw someone with a huge alsatian hurtling along the path.  Then I realised it was a very large re-hydrated dog chew.  I think they're made of some form of hide.  I've put it by the path to scare potential intruders.

But I'm glad I didn't find it at the bottom of the pool...

[leeky]

try and catch these beasts with a camera. I would love to see a huge slug like that, place a ruler by the side for scale purposes and make sure the lighting is good. get his good side.

ok, kidding., but not about the pic!  

[wildeone]

its been spotted a few times but i've looked into it and its a lepord slug and only eats fungi and lives in compost heaps so hubby was right not to murder it!

still not keen tho :oops:  :shock:  :?

[vegiman]

I've found a huge slug in the compost bin yesterday and was wondering whether its normal! (visions of it being some radioactive experiment!!!) It was (at rest) 3/4cm wide and at least 12cm long with white spots/markings!

Help! :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

On gardeners world tonight an idea to combat the slug problem was suggested, the use of sawdust or coffee grounds around the plants prevents them from reaching them. They are unable to slide over it and use up all their moisture and so die from dehydration

[muntjac]

same with plaster from builders supplies   and cheaper just top up when its dry weather