"PammyT" wrote in message
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"Alan" wrote in message
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In message .com,
Garden Oasis wrote

A far easier, cheaper and more permanent solution would be to bury your
old butter cartons, yogurt pots, jam jars etc next to your affected
plants so that the tops are level with the soil and add a little beer.

Have you seen the price of beer these days?
yes, very cheap in ALDI and LIDL


yes but.... no self-respecting gastropod will drink the stuff! Or at least
not the supermarket own-brand lager I once tried this with. I find a nice
full-flavoured ale which you can smell from the bottom of the garden works
better, and the slugs only get a little bit!

I knew someone who worked in a social club, who collected the contents of
the drip-trays on the bar (mainly M&B Mild!) for slug-traps.

Duncan