"reg" wrote in message ...

"Fuschia" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:40:04 +0100, "reg" wrote:


"moghouse" wrote in message
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On Jun 2, 7:10 pm, "reg" wrote:

Smacked wrist for anybody who says they are has-beens. I looks as
though you may have been a little over generous with the slug pellets
and whatever else you have sprinkled around (fertiliser?).


no fertiliser just grow bag contents, can slug pellets cause this, i had
a
read on the container just said keep away from kids & pets !

The odd thing is that it looks like slug or snail damage, even though
you have given them a massive dose of pellets.
Could the pests have climbed up the fence at the back and bypassed the
pellets? Make sure the plants are not touching the wood.
oh didnt think they were that intelligent.

The slug pellets won't have caused it themselves, but you shouldn't
use so many at once. The metaldehyde will soak into the soil and be
taken up by the plants, so you will end up eating it in the beans.

many thanks for that tip, never crossed my mind that the plants would
absorb the pellets !!!


I wouldn't have put the pellets in that container anyway, put them on the
ground outside it to attract the S&S away from the beans, not towards them.

Also as mog said, far too many pellets. 1 every six inches is enough.

Steve