[LivvyW]

Been out tonight, risking the midges, counted 89 slimey little beggers - all dispatched in salt water.

Should we have a competition?

[peterjf]

 i love night time patrols ,

i cut them in 1/2 ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

my mum donated a nice serated bread knife ha ha ha ha ha

56 in about 2 hours

[LivvyW]

I'll be off out again tonight. Any one want to join me?

[aelf]

wish I could play. We have a 'dusk curfew' at our site. Once the sun dips below the roofline we have to go home
Aelf

[green fingers]

Been out tonight, risking the midges, counted 89 slimey little beggers - all dispatched in salt water.

Should we have a competition?

Dont think I'll be joining you - I've got a life A bottle of wine and Chelsea Flower Show - beats slug patrol

[home made pie]

would love to play out but seem to have a lack of slugs to play with  not sure if it's down to the war games I played a few weeks ago where I sadly ha ha ha  got all the baby slugs before they grew up, or could it be the many many birds that pop in for a daily snack  anyhow not complaining although now I've posted this things are bound to change

[Larkshall]

I killed hundreds last year, went out at around 10.0pm "Lamping" with a pair of scissors. The remains are either cleared up by birds or other slugs,yes they are cannibals.

[jonti007]

I have used Nematodes this year for the first time to control slugs and so far I am impressed, I have seen very few indeed and seen no slug damage on young plants. However the jury is still out on this treatment.
I wish there was a similar treatment for snails though!!

[Parsnip]

Does anyone know what happens to them if chuck them in the pond for a swim? That's where mine have been going....mmwahahahhahah

[misterroy]

Tesco has slug pellets a pound a pot, i once got 56 slugs one night round the two brassicas I had, 25 the next.

[Vienna Phil]

Austrian slugs, like Austrian people, are very partial to the local brew, so I use beer traps. It really works, but then, the beer really is very good here!

[Brambles]

My first year on the night slug run I was getting 120 per night (slugs and snails)... now I only get around five or six...  the chickens LOVE them so I keep them in a yoghur pot until morning and give them as a special treat
As for putting them in a pond... Tried this in the beginning of my slug hunting, but it makes the water really pong

[Paul Plots]

My first year on the night slug run I was getting 120 per night (slugs and snails)... now I only get around five or six...  the chickens LOVE them so I keep them in a yoghur pot until morning and give them as a special treat
As for putting them in a pond... Tried this in the beginning of my slug hunting, but it makes the water really pong

Not only does the water pong - if there are fish in the pond there's a risk of killing them too! 

My plot has relatively few slugs - or at least they do very little damage. In dry weather I "spot water" plants and aim to keep the rest of the ground dry. This discourages the slugs and reduces the need to weed.

In wetter weather I use slug bait as a precaution rather than lose valuable plants. Just a very few sprinkled around susceptible plants seems to do the trick. 

Our garden at home gets the torch-light treatment but I use a half-moon lawn edging tool for slicing... The half-moon tool is great for launching sliced-slug into the flower-beds to avoid skidding on them the next morning when crossing the lawn.    

[Brambles]

Oh Learner!!!  You have such a way with words!   I have this vision of hundreds of night slug hunters, going out in the mornings and skidding all over the lawns and veggies

[Paul Plots]

Oh Learner!!!  You have such a way with words!   I have this vision of hundreds of night slug hunters, going out in the mornings and skidding all over the lawns and veggies

Being an exciting, invigorating and wildly exotic location to live it has become a local pass-time around here amongst some gardeners. It’s the highlight of our night-life! (That and Butlins a mile or so away – Which would you choose??  )

Snows very little so it is the closest some of us non-jet-set get to skiing!