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Runner Beans & Slugs & Snails
Hi,
Having grown runner beans reasonably successfull over the last few years this year due to the wet weather ours are decimated. We have tried plastic bottles and someone suggested copper tubing over the bamboo canes, slug pellets and some gravel on the base of the plant to no avail. They are in a border next to a path, any suggestions please Regards Alan |
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isleofthanet writes Hi, Having grown runner beans reasonably successfull over the last few years this year due to the wet weather ours are decimated. They are in a border next to a path, any suggestions please I go out with a torch on warm humid nights like tonight and catch them. You can kill them by dropping them into some salt water in a jamjar, or in more imaginative ways. Their population falls very quickly if you start doing it now - don't wait for them to breed. -- Sue ] |
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"isleofthanet" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Having grown runner beans reasonably successfull over the last few years this year due to the wet weather ours are decimated. We have tried plastic bottles and someone suggested copper tubing over the bamboo canes, slug pellets and some gravel on the base of the plant to no avail. They are in a border next to a path, any suggestions please I've just been round with some slug pellets, hopefully that will have done the trick. |
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Runner Beans & Slugs & Snails
I too use slug pellets but you may wish to try something else!
I spotted a fellow allotmenteer sinking a plastic bowl beside her strawberries and filling it with water. When I aske why she stated she had read in an allotment article that it encourages frogs/toads who munch slugs and snails. Given it a go but after one week no frogs/toads yet! But the blue pellets are killing the beasties!!!!!!!! -- Baal I smile and go off waving (Amiably) - for that's my way "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "isleofthanet" wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Having grown runner beans reasonably successfull over the last few years this year due to the wet weather ours are decimated. We have tried plastic bottles and someone suggested copper tubing over the bamboo canes, slug pellets and some gravel on the base of the plant to no avail. They are in a border next to a path, any suggestions please I've just been round with some slug pellets, hopefully that will have done the trick. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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