Do slugs and snails like lavender ?



the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .


I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.


i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away .
what do you think?

"may" wrote in message
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Do slugs and snails like lavender ?



the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at
the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .


I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my
clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when
there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.


i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away .

what do you think?




--
may

Put a ring of copper wire round the plants. Lay it loose on the soil about
half an inch away from the stems.

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk

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Put a ring of copper wire round the plants. Lay it loose on the soil about
half an inch away from the stems.

--
Mike

may writes

Do slugs and snails like lavender ?

They don't cause it much problem.


the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at
the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .


I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my
clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when
there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.


i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away

No, they'll just head for the clematis.

what do you think?





--
Kay

On 11 July, 11:42, may wrote:
Do slugs and snails like lavender ?

the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at
the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .

I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my
clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when
there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.

i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away .

They'll stay away from your lavender but it won't stop them attacking
something more to their liking. In any case lavender is one of those
plants whose flowers honey bees love, and as there is now such a
shortage of honey bees, they need all the encouragement they can get.

yes, i was thinking that i would like to have more lavender to encourage the honey bees , hopefully the lavender will surround the clematis at the bottom and stop those small snails from climbing up the clematis but maybe that is just wishful thinking

"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
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On 11 July, 11:42, may wrote:
Do slugs and snails like lavender ?

the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at
the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .

I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my
clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when
there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.

i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away .

They'll stay away from your lavender but it won't stop them attacking
something more to their liking. In any case lavender is one of those
plants whose flowers honey bees love, and as there is now such a
shortage of honey bees, they need all the encouragement they can get.

SWMBO has a lot of lavender, I'm begining to wonder if I should plant some
on the veg patch?

Alan

"alan.holmes" wrote in message
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"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
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On 11 July, 11:42, may wrote:
Do slugs and snails like lavender ?

the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at
the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .

I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my
clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when
there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.

i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away .

They'll stay away from your lavender but it won't stop them attacking
something more to their liking. In any case lavender is one of those
plants whose flowers honey bees love, and as there is now such a
shortage of honey bees, they need all the encouragement they can get.

SWMBO has a lot of lavender, I'm begining to wonder if I should plant some
on the veg patch?

Alan




We have Lavender at each end of the Runner Beans.

Plenty of Beans coming ;-))

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk

On 12 July, 15:38, may wrote:
'Frank Booth Snr[_2_ Wrote:

yes, i was thinking that i would like to have more lavender to
encourage the honey bees , hopefully the lavender will surround the
clematis at the bottom and stop those small snails from climbing up
the clematis but maybe that is just wishful thinking

If you want to deter slugs from getting to your clematis, just
sprinkle plenty of sharp grit around the the base of the plant to form
a barrier. Slugs hate crawling over anything sharp or rough-edged.

Frank Booth Snr wrote:

If you want to deter slugs from getting to your clematis, just
sprinkle plenty of sharp grit around the the base of the plant to form
a barrier. Slugs hate crawling over anything sharp or rough-edged.


I think this idea of deterring slugs and snails with grit or rough edged
stones / egg shells etc is over-rated. Either that or the little
critters here in France are mean and hard. S.A.S. Slugs. They have no
problems crossing ten feet of sharp granite chippings on my patio then
scaling a wooden table to reach some juicy seedlings in a seed tray.

I think slugs don't "hate" such things so much as mildly dislike them,
and may go around such obstacles - unless they sense something desirable
on the other side to reach.

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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Frank Booth Snr wrote:

If you want to deter slugs from getting to your clematis, just
sprinkle plenty of sharp grit around the the base of the plant to form
a barrier. Slugs hate crawling over anything sharp or rough-edged.


I think this idea of deterring slugs and snails with grit or rough edged
stones / egg shells etc is over-rated. Either that or the little critters
here in France are mean and hard. S.A.S. Slugs. They have no problems
crossing ten feet of sharp granite chippings on my patio then scaling a
wooden table to reach some juicy seedlings in a seed tray.

I think slugs don't "hate" such things so much as mildly dislike them, and
may go around such obstacles - unless they sense something desirable on
the other side to reach.

--
David in Normandy.


We have eradicated the Slug and Snail problem with the band of copper wire
:-))

--
Mike

The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association
www.rneba.org.uk

In message , David in Normandy
writes
Frank Booth Snr wrote:

If you want to deter slugs from getting to your clematis, just
sprinkle plenty of sharp grit around the the base of the plant to form
a barrier. Slugs hate crawling over anything sharp or rough-edged.


I think this idea of deterring slugs and snails with grit or rough
edged stones / egg shells etc is over-rated. Either that or the little
critters here in France are mean and hard. S.A.S. Slugs. They have no
problems crossing ten feet of sharp granite chippings on my patio then
scaling a wooden table to reach some juicy seedlings in a seed tray.

I believed it worked until I looked up slugs in a gardening book, which
said they can slide along a piece of broken glass without injury. My
friend swears by crushed egg-shells and I tried it for a while. At
present, I am using Barnsdale Gardens organic slug pellets, which are
OK. However, I planted out some lettuce in a plastic bucket a few weeks
ago and thought I'd try one inch of vermiculite all around the edge of
the container on top of the compost. It seems to have worked. Perhaps
they don't like the dry texture of it or perhaps I have been lucky so
far. I have also tried using salt around the vents of a cloche and that
works extremely well until it rains.
..
I think slugs don't "hate" such things so much as mildly dislike them,
and may go around such obstacles - unless they sense something
desirable on the other side to reach.

One of my books advocates the use of garlic water, as recommended by a
lady who is a hosta expert but I haven't tried it yet. The downside of
that is it has to be re-sprayed after rain, during which the little
beggars will have had a field day.
--
June Hughes

'Mike' wrote:

We have eradicated the Slug and Snail problem with the band of copper wire
:-))


I haven't heard of that band before. Their music must be bad though to
frighten off slugs and snails ;-)

--
David in Normandy.
To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the
subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:12:41 +0200, David in Normandy
wrote:

'Mike' wrote:

We have eradicated the Slug and Snail problem with the band of copper wire
:-))


I haven't heard of that band before. Their music must be bad though to
frighten off slugs and snails ;-)

It certainly is. You can hear the Copper Band on Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd1lFotyWXU

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Do slugs and snails like lavender ?



the reason i ask is because i was thinking of planting lavender at
the base of my many clamatis dotted round the garden .


I am sick and tired of those snails climbing on to the stems of my
clematis and eating the stems, and they always seem to do it when
there is lots of buds ready to bloom , and they ruin it all.


i was thinking that if they dont like lavender they may stay away .

what do you think?




--
may

The main problem with the idea is that the two plants like almost
opposite things, I have seen it done at Longstock gardens where the other
Clematis viticella collection is but the results there are happy Lavender
and Clematis that come and go rather quicker due to the hot dry
conditions
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea