"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 18/2/07 23:18, in article ,
"Alan Holmes" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 18/2/07 22:02, in article ,
"thehams" wrote:
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I grow mine inside an enviromesh "fence" about 3 foot high. Seems to
stop
the little blighters and you can step over it to weed etc. Last year I
had
no damage to my carrots or parsnip. Now if it was only so easy to stop
the
slugs....

Have you tried Nematodes?

I have looked at them, but decided they were too expensive for the area
they
would be needed for, and I believe you have to repeat the treatment after
a
short while.

What is more expensive? Having a perpetually wrecked crop so that you
have
to buy your veg in, or using nematodes (which also protect other crops)
once
or twice a year? I ask the question in a genuine spirit because I haven't
costed them on your basis. We use them here, along with other bio
controls
and they work. I'm not saying we don't get ANY slugs but I am saying we
get
fewer slugs over 6 acres of garden and nursery combined.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)


It is a question of sticking with these things and building up a "system"
over several years.
Although the nematodes kill slugs, unfortunately, the snail population then
has free range to munch away without any competition:-(