Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live snails
can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the ones
still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in it!) but I
reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them I'd be
happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put my pots and
things on that they can't climb?

Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live snails
can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the ones
still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in it!) but I
reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them I'd be
happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put my pots and
things on that they can't climb?

If you want to deter them without killing them, I'd suggest copper tape or
wire (my neighbour uses old stripped electricity cables) strung around your
pots or over the soil.

"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in message
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane...
Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live snails
can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the ones
still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in it!) but I
reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them I'd
be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put my pots
and things on that they can't climb?

Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml

Any interesting definition of "kill or hurt" there ;-)

Graham Harrison wrote:
I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them I'd
be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put my pots
and things on that they can't climb?
Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml

Highly recommended, but that's hardly "not killing or hurting them"!

On 19/07/2010 06:24, Graham Harrison wrote:

"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in message
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane...
Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?

Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml

Do you have experience using Nemaslug against snails? It's never been
quite clear to me if this is working or not, and at least one shop I
found is saying: "Kills slugs and nothing else (please note it does not
control snails)".
I've tried once without any success, but being in Scotland, I think the
soil temperature was a bit too low. I'm willing to try again if this
could work....

Philippe, Edinburgh

gogo wrote:
Do you have experience using Nemaslug against snails? It's never been
quite clear to me if this is working or not, and at least one shop I
found is saying: "Kills slugs and nothing else (please note it does not
control snails)".

A-ha, that could explain why we still have the occasional snail on the
strawberries, then.

On 19 Jul 2010 10:16:26 GMT, wrote:

Graham Harrison wrote:
I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them I'd
be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put my pots
and things on that they can't climb?
Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml

Highly recommended, but that's hardly "not killing or hurting them"!

You don't see it happen.

Just saw my first slug this summer yesterday after having used it what
feels like months ago!
I'm wondering whether to get some more to save the sprouts being eaten
to death.
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"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane:

Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after
dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?


I will tell you what I found by accident, but it would not work for all
things, or on an allotment.
Sick of weeding I laid some old carpet in a brassica bed I was going to
plant, then cut some holes in the carpet to plant my young plants, then
after I planted the things I used some more carpet to use as collars to
keep away cabbage root fly.
Not one slug or snail or weed has been seen!
Helps keep in moisture too and it allows water to penetrate.
Maybe (surely) there are slugs underneath, but I have some very healthy
caulli, cabbage, broccoli etc.
I know there must be a reason for not doing this and that it is not being
used but my results are wonderful atm.
Seems the beasts cannot crawl over a rough surface.
I do not have enough old carpet for my allotment though.

Give me your used carpet.
PtePike

PtePike wrote:
Not one slug or snail or weed has been seen!

Maybe you have special carpet with copper underlay. ;-)

PtePike wrote:
"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane:

Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after
dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?


I will tell you what I found by accident, but it would not work for all
things, or on an allotment.
Sick of weeding I laid some old carpet in a brassica bed I was going to
plant, then cut some holes in the carpet to plant my young plants, then
after I planted the things I used some more carpet to use as collars to
keep away cabbage root fly.
Not one slug or snail or weed has been seen!
Helps keep in moisture too and it allows water to penetrate.
Maybe (surely) there are slugs underneath, but I have some very healthy
caulli, cabbage, broccoli etc.
I know there must be a reason for not doing this and that it is not being
used but my results are wonderful atm.
Seems the beasts cannot crawl over a rough surface.
I do not have enough old carpet for my allotment though.

Give me your used carpet.
PtePike



I don't think it's to do with the roughness of surface. They certainly
skate over velcro, fibre mesh, and coarse sandpaper, but I've never seen
one on our wooden fence or shed, which leads me to believe the area of
material and the porosity might be more important. Possibly they're
frightened of running out of slime and getting stranded halfway.

On 19/07/2010 14:49, PtePike wrote:
wrote in
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane:

Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after
dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?


I will tell you what I found by accident, but it would not work for all
things, or on an allotment.
Sick of weeding I laid some old carpet in a brassica bed I was going to
plant, then cut some holes in the carpet to plant my young plants, then
after I planted the things I used some more carpet to use as collars to
keep away cabbage root fly.
Not one slug or snail or weed has been seen!
Helps keep in moisture too and it allows water to penetrate.
Maybe (surely) there are slugs underneath, but I have some very healthy
caulli, cabbage, broccoli etc.
I know there must be a reason for not doing this and that it is not being
used but my results are wonderful atm.
Seems the beasts cannot crawl over a rough surface.
I do not have enough old carpet for my allotment though.

Give me your used carpet.
PtePike



So you got rid of slugs and snails by carpet bombing them. ;-)

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subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
by a filter and not reach my inbox.

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On 19/07/2010 14:49, PtePike wrote:
wrote in
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane:

Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after
dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?


I will tell you what I found by accident, but it would not work for
all things, or on an allotment.
Sick of weeding I laid some old carpet in a brassica bed I was going
to plant, then cut some holes in the carpet to plant my young plants,
then after I planted the things I used some more carpet to use as
collars to keep away cabbage root fly.
Not one slug or snail or weed has been seen!
Helps keep in moisture too and it allows water to penetrate.
Maybe (surely) there are slugs underneath, but I have some very
healthy caulli, cabbage, broccoli etc.
I know there must be a reason for not doing this and that it is not
being used but my results are wonderful atm.
Seems the beasts cannot crawl over a rough surface.
I do not have enough old carpet for my allotment though.

Give me your used carpet.
PtePike



So you got rid of slugs and snails by carpet bombing them. ;-)


My son who is 8 predicted these silly creepy-like jokey-like carpet jokes.

wrote in message
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Graham Harrison wrote:
I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them I'd
be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put my pots
and things on that they can't climb?
Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml

Highly recommended, but that's hardly "not killing or hurting them"!


I take the view that what happens could happen anyway in nature, I'm just
increasing the odds that it will happen. I also feel the relocating the
slugs is ineffective and simply making my problem somebody else's problem
and I don't think that's fair.

The only thing I have against Nemaslug is the cost!

"gogo" wrote in message
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On 19/07/2010 06:24, Graham Harrison wrote:

"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in message
news:lfK0o.167426$wi5.123431@hurricane...
Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?

My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after dark.

I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?

Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml

Do you have experience using Nemaslug against snails? It's never been
quite clear to me if this is working or not, and at least one shop I found
is saying: "Kills slugs and nothing else (please note it does not control
snails)".
I've tried once without any success, but being in Scotland, I think the
soil temperature was a bit too low. I'm willing to try again if this could
work....

Philippe, Edinburgh

I understand it's only effective against slugs. I still find occasional
snails.