[sladefungus]

they are actually a subspecies known as leopard slugs and are indeed huge - can grow up to 20cm long.  ive seen them in my dads garden in lancashire but not here in scotland yet

[shaun]

theres none left i have killed em all with slug pellets  
next time i come across one and i have the camera i will shoot one(with the camera) then i will kill it  

[Aunt Sally]

they are actually a subspecies known as leopard slugs and are indeed huge - can grow up to 20cm long.

Leopard slug *&$%^*

[shaun]

this is one of the beggers

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/uploadgal/1124650312/gallery_3292_3_201963.jpg

[Aunt Sally]

they are actually a subspecies known as leopard slugs and are indeed huge - can grow up to 20cm long.

Leopard slug *&$%^*

Take a look at this link Shaun  :shock:

[shaun]

ohhh my word they have girl slugs and boy slugs and there thingymjigs comes out of there heads  

[Aunt Sally]

No boys or girls Shaun but both in the same slug  :shock: Hermaphrodites !

[shaun]

so would that make them lesbian or gay slugs or a bit of both  :?

[Aunt Sally]

   :shock: Yep  :!:

[WG.]

Leopard slug *&$%^*

Isn't that the sort of thing that that Tory MP was trying to do to himself??

[Aunt Sally]

     WG  :roll:

[shaun]

thats right mate but i think he was using a bin bag and a wet sock    

[sladefungus]

Heres my slug defences - plastic bottles and all in a raised bed with 3 foot high sides with only one tiny possible opening for the slugs at one end and STILL they munch my pak choi to death. grrrrr

[VickyR]

hiya

I bought some of the "organic" slug pellets (being new to this I didn't realise they were pellets!).

Still nasty and blue - contain some kind of iron extract that kills the slugs, who apparently "crawl off" to die (probably through pain?) so "no corpses to clean up"...horrible...

I'm not a huge lover of slugs and they do damage things but I imagine it't not a nice way to go.  Will try the beer traps tonight - other downside of pellets is all the other allotmenteers on our mainly organic site sighing and shaking their heads when they see the "organically certified" pellets all over my patch.

[agapanthus]

I use "Advance Slug Killer" pellets which are based on ferrous phosphate. They work well but because they're also a fertilizer, you're limited to how many times in a season you can apply it without over-iron-ing your plants. I use it at the allotment and it seems to work, though, on slugs and snails.
 
I use traditional slug pellets in my roof garden ever since a neighbour brought in a heap of snails/slugs carried in on their pots (gee thanks). I can safely say that slug pellets work on snails too. They're highly unlikely to be eaten by hedgehogs or frogs as neither can get up to the first floor rooftop surrounded by buildings, and the slugs/snails don't get very far once they've eaten the pellets.
Slightly annoyed as we were slug and snail free on the roof garden for many years until those potted plants next door came by and now they've moved out and I have to deal with the resulting snails. At least I can put the pellets not in the pots but around them and avoid walking on them.  :roll:

I've heard that these don't harm other insects either....is that right??