I think I've got a cunning plan to tackle my slug problem this year
I had a big problem with slugs last year. My veg plots have brick edging which, although they look nice, they provide great places for slugs to hide and breed. On Sunday eve I went out with a torch and was shocked beyond belief to see how many slugs were active
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I hate the thought of scattering pellets in amongst the veg so I thought about it and this is what I've done
Monday - I put a thin line of pellets around the inside edge of the plots. I also scattered loads of pellets underneath some small ground cover plants that I won't be eating (I realised this is where a lot of slugs are hiding) these plants are now known as traps !
Tuesday - loads of dead slugs, at least 100 but I stopped counting, a few big un's but most were very tiny baby slugs...that now can't breed
Wednesday - about 1/4 as many slugs so I obviously got most on day 1
Conclusion - the defence wall of pellets worked well, the slugs were obviously hiding down near the brick edging. Also I found masses of dead slugs under the ground cover plants, another great hiding place, I'm gonna keep these plants as traps and keep scattering pellets underneath.
I feel total optimism and I'm dead pleased I won't need to scatter pellets amongst the veg area, here's a plan of it all (sad I know but I was on a high today) the green circles are the groung cover plants where loads of slugs were hiding, the dotted blue line is my defence wall of pellets
Jan
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