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'ORRIBLE FAT SLUGS

sheilar

By Sheilar


'ORRIBLE FAT SLUGS

I bought a pretty little yellow chrysanth last week, lovely it was, until the slugs decided to lunch on it. Got my own back as on Thursday, I thickened the area with slug pellets. Friday, I killed two huge slugs (one was lying across the whole top of the plant as if it was sunbathing!) and two big snails. Saturday I got one slug and two snails and today (Sunday) the two in the above photo.



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You know what, I think those things attract them to the pot. Then they leave that awful slime behind.

11 Sep, 2011

 

OMG - the slime. It's horrible, thick and gooey, yak!

11 Sep, 2011

 

Horrid beasties! hate them!

11 Sep, 2011

 

I saw a tip on TV re the slug pellets Sheila...only 4 or 5 per plant. If you put as much as this down it attracts them for miles. I have used a fraction of what I normally would and have seen great results in the areas I haven't used beer in!

11 Sep, 2011

 

Have you put enough pellets down Sheilar, I thought they were gravel hahahaha..

11 Sep, 2011

 

I don't normally have a problem with slugs and snails, it's just since I put that little chrysanth in - must have attracted them for miles!!! I was upset when I saw the skeleton of the plant they'd left that I thought I'd get them back with the slug pellets.

11 Sep, 2011

 

Dont blame you sheilar, They can strip a plant overnight, Little divils :) Once in a while in temper, i pelt handfulls into the borders, when im being rational, i just scatter lol.

11 Sep, 2011

 

Omg I'm using too many! what with them and the beer jars thers' definitely a party going on here!!!!!!!!

11 Sep, 2011

 

I agree with Scottish, Sheilar and its always been successful for me, but I try not to use them at all. I did an experiment with one part of the garden and another by using them in one area and not in the other and the area without pellets remained intact ,so if you want rid of slugs ,put the pellets somewhere else. I remember AlanTitchmarsh saying once,throw the pellets next door ,especially if you don't like your neighbours!lol

12 Sep, 2011

 

Oh now that sounds like a great idea..mine are prolly coming from fat neighbour's jungle!!!! Will try that one Rose!

12 Sep, 2011

 

Strange enough all the slugs have disappeared from my garden and millions of snails took their place. I like stepping on them in the morning and hear the cracking noise. Am I doing anything barbaric? If yes, I will start feeding them from tomorrow.

12 Sep, 2011

 

Same here Costas1 moslty snails here only seen one or two slugs this year.

12 Sep, 2011

 

Feeding them Costas.....to whom? ....lol!
I sometime through them at the wall :)

12 Sep, 2011

 

I throw mine into fat lazy neighbours garden!

12 Sep, 2011

 

I used to do that in my old house Pixi, didnae like the auld B*****d!

12 Sep, 2011

 

hehehe! I like him ok hes just fat and lazy and has a jungle! He siad I could sue his garden..but..it would all need rotovated! Am no digging all that up!

12 Sep, 2011

 

Too much work....could you not get him to pay to have it rotovated?

12 Sep, 2011

 

I doubt it..spends all his money on food...and the Avon man is always takin him things! Cant imagine what..the house and him and his son arent very clean! lol Maybe he's a corss dresser or something?

12 Sep, 2011

 

You are a hoot pixie - cant stop laughing!! - sheilar I use sluggit - you water it on and around the plants and it doesn't kill the birds who may eat the dying slugs.

13 Sep, 2011

 

lol ;)

13 Sep, 2011

 

They always go for my Hostas. I use copper collars and beer traps but they still get the Hostas!!

13 Sep, 2011

 

Poppy - I used to use Murphy's sluggitt but can't find it anywhere locally now, so I resorted to pellets. I don't like using them but feel I've no alternative at the moment.

13 Sep, 2011

 

Maybe the Avon man brings him edible cosmetics :)

13 Sep, 2011

 

I used to have a copper pipe all down the side of the garden..it didnt stop them!
lol hen..Gawd knows..

13 Sep, 2011

 

keep ya egg shells,scrunch them up and leave around plant base.to slugs its like walking on glass and you can stop them without killing them.a lot nicer than having to collect dead slug bodies.:o)

3 Dec, 2011

 

I'll try that Steve, thanks for the tip

3 Dec, 2011

 

I had to laugh Sheilar when i saw all the slug pellets....My sister does the same and seems to attract the little bliters...Just a half dozen is enough per plant...:>)

30 Jan, 2012

 

Oops, no the wonder there were getting drawn in like magnets! lol

30 Jan, 2012



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