[lmillar11]

morning 

after watching gardeners world i done some searching for nematodes, see how cheap could find them.

this site should help everyone out http://www.slug-killer.co.uk/slug/nemaslug-slug-killer

no more slugs for me

has anyone tried them?

[Jamie Butterworth]

From what Ive heard people saying on here is that they kill the baby slugs,so the ones that would be eating your crops next year, I think people were suggesting a luiquid slug killer would work just as good

[mumofstig]

They kill all the underground slugs for about 6 weeks, the ones that would be eating your lettuce during those 6 weeks
after that the population starts to recover and then you will need to apply them again.

A brilliant idea,I just wish it was a bit cheaper to buy, as it works out quite expensive for a whole summer's worth

[lmillar11]

its true they kills slugs both above and below ground at least thats what I have read 

I have brought a programme from the link above as it saved me alot of money and I want to keep my lettuces for me and not slugs hehe

[philskin]

dont want to hijack your thread but ive been told by a chap that if you get about 1lb of slug pellets and put them in 2 pints of water and leave them dissolve ,if you then take some of the liquid out and water it down 10 - 1 using a watering can you can spread it around your garden and its supposed to be good for killing the slugs . now im a bit dubious about this just wondered if anyone else had heard of it

[Yorkie]

Very much doubt it would be legal / licensed for such use, irrespective of efficacy 

[Jamie Butterworth]

Wouldnt that just drench your crops in the poison that kills the slugs, surely that wouldnt do us any good

[digalotty]

not on my food  :blink:

[lmillar11]

Nemaslug will provide you up 2 6 weeks protection so you will need more after applying the first time!

im not a fan of slug pellets never have been, I would prefer to have holes in my crops than have those horrible pellets everywherr 

[lmillar11]

just a quick update - i applied my nemaslug around 2 weeks ago!

no signs of slugs - god bless those nematodes 

anyone else had good / bad results?

[mumofstig]

I haven't used nematodes, but as this year has been so dry, so far, I've had no slug damage anyway. ..............you just never know what's coming next 

[Gwiz]

We've been using nematodes in the horticultural trade for a number of years now for various pests such as vine weevil etc. They all seem to work well but I often wonder about introducing one thing to eradicate another from an environmental/ethical/personal point of view.
Having said that, I wouldn't hesitate if something was eating my cabbages, to use a biological control of some sort, I'd then spend time worrying about if it was the right thing to do later
There used to be a product called "nobble" for the control of mollusc's. It was marketed as a type of contraceptive that stopped them from multiplying. I wonder why it was taken of the market? sorry, that's not relevant to this thread except to say that today's cure is tomorrow's banned product.......