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wrote in message news:... "George.com" wrote in message ... "Des Higgins" wrote in message . ie... "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Des Higgins" contains these words: Anyone got an opinion on either OR know anything else that works. They don't like crawling over wood ash, so if you have or know someone with a woodburning stove, save some to make a defensive ring around each lily. Failing that, fine beach sand. I find they don't like crushed dry bracken, or roughly shopped comfrey leaves, either. I just bit the bullet and bought some more Alu sulphate. It looks harmless enough (as long as you do not get it in any orifices) and I have even seen it in organic gardening shops. For the greenhouse, I will try half plastic bottles. it has just finished raining here in the evening. I am going out shortly with some gumboots, salt and flash light to catch some slugs and snails. rob ********** I think your last chapter is the more successful method of slug disposal. However the species is under law protection, - I think, - so if a Bobby shines his Peeler lamp upon you, your best excuse would to tell him you are straight out of the pub and micturation is of immediately imminence. He won't be able to spell that so he'll probably put his pencil away and shuffle off, muttering that he has an appointment with a big pie which his favourite servant-girl holds waiting for him in a certain back street kitchen windowledge. Doug. ********** |
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slugs help
Why not make discrete use of slug pellets. They are poisonous but
biodegradable and I think the main problem lies in their indiscriminate use. If you use them to protect precious plants only and remove the corpses of slugs and snails, poisoning of birds, amphibians and hedgehogs is avoided. I don't think a frog would respond too well to having his/her skin brushed with Aluminium sulphate. Slugs are essentially scavengers and thrive under the artificial conditions introduced by gardeners. Regards David T "doug adams" wrote in message ... wrote in message news:... "George.com" wrote in message ... "Des Higgins" wrote in message . ie... "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "Des Higgins" contains these words: Anyone got an opinion on either OR know anything else that works. They don't like crawling over wood ash, so if you have or know someone with a woodburning stove, save some to make a defensive ring around each lily. Failing that, fine beach sand. I find they don't like crushed dry bracken, or roughly shopped comfrey leaves, either. I just bit the bullet and bought some more Alu sulphate. It looks harmless enough (as long as you do not get it in any orifices) and I have even seen it in organic gardening shops. For the greenhouse, I will try half plastic bottles. it has just finished raining here in the evening. I am going out shortly with some gumboots, salt and flash light to catch some slugs and snails. rob ********** I think your last chapter is the more successful method of slug disposal. However the species is under law protection, - I think, - so if a Bobby shines his Peeler lamp upon you, your best excuse would to tell him you are straight out of the pub and micturation is of immediately imminence. He won't be able to spell that so he'll probably put his pencil away and shuffle off, muttering that he has an appointment with a big pie which his favourite servant-girl holds waiting for him in a certain back street kitchen windowledge. Doug. ********** |
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