In article ws.net,
"Oxymel of Squill" wrote:

slug pellets: they work and it's just a lot of tiresome nonsense from tree
huggers that advises against them. Have a one off blitz if you don't want to
use them long term. I was sweeping up hundreds when I moved into my last
house and did this.



"scoobyandy" wrote in message
...

I have just moved in to a new property and am sorting out the garden, i
have a major problem with slugs, I dont want to use any slug pellets
etc as have pets, and just want a natural way to get rid of them all as
eaten a lot of my plants.

Any help would be most appritiated.



You don't say what you regard as "slug pellets." If you mean a product
like Sluggo, its only active ingredient is iron phosphate, which causes
mulloscs to slime themselves to death, but it is harmless to all mammals,
insects, & birds. For plants, it functions as a fertilizer, is safe even
around food crops, works even if it gets rained on, plus iron phosphate is
the only slug bait that has any really noticeable effect on slugs.

If you mean ANY other slug bait (such as contain Metaldehyde, Methiocarb
or Carbaryl) these have been fatal to dogs & other pets, are injurious to
beneficial insects, birds, & wildlife, & are rightly illegal to use near
commercial crops because harmful to human life too. Plus they're close to
useless; they work a tiny bit until getting wet (from irrigating, dew, or
rainfall). So you can use harmless iron phosphate & get an actual result,
or you can use any other kind of slug bait which is not safe & has poor
results.
Long version:
http://www.paghat.com/slugcontrol.html

(And far from this being the "tiresome nonsense of tree huggers" this is
simply the way things are -- most slug bait products are neither safe nor
effective, iron phosphate is the sole exception. And one does wonder about
the mentality of any purported gardener who thinks a regard for Nature or
safety in the garden is nothing but tiresome tree-hugging. Sounds like a
brainwashed dupe for the chemical industry who just automatically believes
if it's a chemical, it's "safe as table salt" as has often been said
propogandistically of products that would kill you dead if used as table
salt.)

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