On Mon, 14 May 2007 21:24:09 +0100, chris French wrote:
In message , Wane Smooth
writes
On Mon, 14 May 2007 17:03:13 GMT, John E wrote:
I have seen a lot of suggestions to destroy slugs. One which seems to be
very effective and also non-toxic (to humans and other wildlife) is
Nemaslug - which is essentially a culture of nematodes which attack slugs. I
cannot personally vouch for it, and would be interested to see any other
posts from people who have used it, but the article which I read which
referred to it, claimed it was 100% effective.
(You have to keep it in the fridge until used)
http://www.greengardener.co.uk/slug.htm
John.
Hi John,my garden is slug heaven.Trees along the western fence,so shady
early in the PM,and lots of leaf litter.I first used the nematodes about 6
years ago.They worked really well.So well that slugs where not a problem
the following year and only started to put in an appearance in numbers the
year after that.
I can only guess,but as they are native I managed to "seed" the area for
the longer term.
I understood the Nematode was not native at all, from New Zealand
originally?
Hi Chris,you could well be right all I know for sure is they where
discovered by scientists at the government research institute at Bristol,
England.
I may have put 2 and 2 together and got 5 ;o).
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