slug pellet awareness

This 'stuff' is already naturally in the soil anyway, and on that basis will make no difference to your veg 

If it's naturally in the soil anyway why do slugs get in it and survive? I'm very curious.

I have ben involved in pelletwise for a couple of years now - the amateur user need not worry themselves overly as a major contibutor mainly because the active ingredient (metaldehyde)  is at much lower rates than agricultural formulations.

HOWEVER if the farming industry does NOT heed the warnings then there is no doubt that metaldehyde will disappear.

Methiocarb is not currently under threat.

http://www.getpelletwise.co.uk/

its still an option, but met is likely to be the product ofchoice...

I hate slug pellets.I used to work in a vets and we'd regularly get animals in suffering from metaldehyde poisoning,they usually died : ( .They love the taste of them.I use organic pellets now and they work well,if they didn't,I'd be out with the beer traps too.

Ive been using the growing success pellets too, and find them great, but on studying the bumpf on the back I noticed it says only put a maximum of 4 applications per crop. Do you think they are harmful if you use more than that?

Given the nature and properties of the active ingredient I would doubt that overdosing would do any lasting harm but it's always a good idea to follow the manufacturer's instructions even if they are a bit conservative.

(I would have thought that 4 applications per crop was more than enough in any case; most plants are only really vulnerable when at the seedling stage although there are obvious exceptions like lettuce and other very soft-stemmed or soft-leaved crops.)