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Teabag

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« on: June 15, 2008, 18:40 »
please can anyone tell me if organic slug pellets are obtainable,i have heard that you can buy bird friendly ones that dont harm birds if they eat the dead slugs.

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« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2008, 19:30 »
Yes these are certified as organic they are very good i use them on our nursery but i would shop around as you can get them much cheaper than on this site

http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1821
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Tigerhair

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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2008, 19:39 »
They are available at my local garden centre!  Don't use them myself.

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« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2008, 22:55 »
You can get these in Wilkinsons for a more reasonable price.
If you have one close by!!

Elaine
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2008, 12:42 »
'Growing Success' make organic slug pellets. I understand they work by stopping the slug from feeding, makes them feel full. It's not a poison like metaldehyde in other slug pellets, so it's not harmful to other creatures.

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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2008, 13:08 »
B&Q £3.48 they do work well

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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2008, 14:40 »
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I understand they work by stopping the slug from feeding, makes them feel full.


Nah, it definitly kills them it says so on the packet (i've checked mine and we're talking about the same brand) They contain Ferrous Phoshate which kill slug and snails but not hedgehogs and birds. I use them as snails come out of the hedge to eat my brassicas, before I lost whole cabbages on a wet night, I've not lost asingle seedling since I started with the pellets.

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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2008, 21:18 »
I have these too. It says not to use more than four times a season though - why is that?

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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2008, 21:21 »
Sorry, my post wasn't clear. Slugs stop feeding because they think they're full, which in turn makes them die due to dehydration (I believe). An advantage being that they usually do the dying bit wherever they last crawled to so you're not left with a horrible mess over your lottie. We've definitely had results since using these pellets, and if not eaten, they don't disintegrate or dissolve too quick either. RRP's about £3.99 for large container. I'm not on commission, honest!

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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2008, 21:56 »
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It says not to use more than four times a season though - why is that?


Not an authoratative answer but my guess is that since the pellets break down and become soil nutrients the Ferrous Phoshate leaves an iron deposit (and a phosphate one but that's no problem) in the soil, iron is a trace element in the soil so in small amounts its good for the soil life but too much and it causes funny imbalances and locks up other nutrients to plants. This would be the same as what can happen if you put too much pig muck from an intensive  rearing system the Copper Sulphate which is added to their food as a growth promoter can cause an excess of copper in the soil. Just a guess but its where I'd put my money.

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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2008, 21:59 »
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Sorry, my post wasn't clear. Slugs stop feeding because they think they're full, which in turn makes them die due to dehydration (I believe)


That makes sense, I found some snails sitting doing nothing in the hedge just feet from my cabbages on a wet day.



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