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slug deterrent non lethal
Protective barriers
Disposable plastic drinks bottles, with the bottoms cut off and the screw tops removed, make excellent individual protective cloches for young transplants. Check for the first few days after transplanting that a slug hasn't been trapped inside the bottle. A slug and snail tape that creates a protective barrier is now on the market. Slugs are repelled by the small electric charge naturally contained in the copper face. Being self adhesive, it is easy to fix onto pots, seed trays, garden furniture, even onto sturdy plants. SAS slug and snail repellent contains a natural yucca extract. When sprayed on the ground it forms a physical barrier which slugs and snails will not cross. As with many other repellents, it will withstand light rain, but will have to be renewed after a heavy downpour. All sorts of materials such as lime, forest bark, crushed eggshells, wood ash, human hair and soot are said to make effective slug barriers, sprinkled on the ground around plants. The idea is that the barrier either dries out the slime that the slugs move on or that it irritates them so they will not cross it. Their effectiveness must inevitably be weather dependent but they may be worth trying, especially under cloches. Make a smooth seedbed type surface before applying a good layer of the material, a few inches wide. Direct sown crops Direct sown crops can be totally eaten off by slugs, especially in the early spring when top soil is cold and the seedlings are slow to emerge and grow away. Try to increase the rate of seedling emergence and growth by: sowing later in the season, choosing the warmer, drier parts of the garden for early sowing (if there are any), pre-germinate the seed, improving the soil so it does not hinder germination. If the soil tends to set to a crust, cover the seed drill with some potting compost or sand mixed with the soil, if the soil has had a thick organic mulch over the winter remove it a few weeks before sowing to allow the soil to warm up. If mulches are used for growing crops, wait until the plants are well established before mulching. Mulches can harbour slugs, but they also provide shelter for slug predators, such as beetles. Transplanting If direct sowing always fails, the alternative is to raise transplants. They must again grow quickly to survive slug attack, so it is best to raise them in individual modules, so there is minimal check to growth when they are planted out. For the earliest plantings it is worth growing the plants even larger before transplanting - in individual plastic cups for example. For row crops such as peas, about 3ft lengths of plastic guttering can be used for sowing into. Whole sections of row can then be slid into place when the seedlings are well grown. Avoid susceptible plants Gardeners too often want to grow things that aren't suited to their site. In the case of plants that are very susceptible to slugs this isn't really worth the effort. If, for example, the slugs get more out of your hostas each year than you do, the answer is to give up on the hostas and try something else. Alternatively, these plants can be grown in rough wooden tubs or terracotta pots, out of the reach of slugs. Potato slugs The main attack on potato tubers happens in late summer and autumn, so lifting the crop by the end of August, at the latest, can help to reduce the damage. If lifting early reduces the crop too much choose early varieties and consider decreasing the spacing between plants to, say, 12 inches each way. This will reduce the size that each individual plant will reach, but it will also make them crop earlier - and because there are more plants than usual in the given space, the overall crop should not be reduced. Alternative feeding A spring planted bed of lettuce is a real treat to the slugs as they may not have had a good meal recently. It may be possible to keep transplanted plants safe for a while by offering an alternative food supply to slugs - such as lettuce or cabbage leaves spread between the plants. The slugs tend to collect under these leaves to feed and shelter, so examine them regularly and remove any that you find. Another idea is to sow a sacrificial crop of something that slugs love, such as brassica or lettuce. Hoe this off while small and leave the hoeings in situ around the transplants. Trapping Slug traps are commercially available. DO NOT use them. Sometimes this sort of trap also catches the large, black ground beetles and other wildlife. Winter digging Autumn digging, leaving the soil rough and cloddy while the slugs are still active will allow those species that hibernate to move deep into the soil. If you must dig, do it in the winter while the soil is cold and the slugs are less active. This may also expose them to predators such as birds. While digging, look out for slug eggs in the soil. These are little clusters of colourless, round eggs, looking rather like small frogspawn or sago. Garden friends Though you may not think it, slugs have enemies too. They are eaten by frogs, toads, hedgehogs, centipedes, ground beetles, sloworms and fireflies. So make sure you don't use any chemical sprays which can harm them. Providing suitable habitat and food will encourage these beneficial creatures to live in your garden. |
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slug deterrent non lethal
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes.
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"Graham Harrison" wrote in message ... : I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. : : -- : ***** : *****The "return to" address embedded in this mail is wrong as an antispam : measure. Please address new mails or replies to : edwarddotharrison1atbtinternetdotcom replacing dot with a . and at : with an @***** : ***** : The method I have seen used to great effect is using a slug trap filled with beer. |
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slug deterrent non lethal
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison"
wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? |
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slug deterrent non lethal
"Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message ... Lots of really excellent advice about non-lethal control of slugs, every word of it lifted, without any acknowledgement whatsoever, from: http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/advic...trol/index.asp Yes, folks, the good old RSPB, the organisation that 'Pete', here posting as "Ivanna Humpalot", regularly slags off. No wonder he didn't care to say where he got the information from :-))))))))) Good on you, Pete. I just knew you would eventually realise what a sound organisation the RSPB is. |
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slug deterrent non lethal
"Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message ... On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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slug deterrent non lethal
In article , "Tumbleweed" writes: | | A sock puppet of Pete the Troll wrote: | | What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? | | How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? Pete is trolling. Or, alternatively, he has a thing for slugs. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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slug deterrent non lethal
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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slug deterrent non lethal
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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slug deterrent non lethal
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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slug deterrent non lethal
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:04:58 +0100, "Tumbleweed"
wrote: "Ivanna Humpalot" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 21:07:30 +0000 (UTC), "Graham Harrison" wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned nematodes. What kind of prat would want to kill wildlife when it isn't necessary? How is growing nematodes using a natural food source wrong? If god didn't want slugs, you wouldn't be here. +------------------------+ | NO PLONKING ZONE | +------------------------+ | | | | | | | ..| |.. .| |.. ...\| |/.... \| |/.. ********************************************** 'You can't win 'em all.' Lord Haw Haw. Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world. There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551 richest person in the world. And I'm keeping the bloody lot. So sue me. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Newsgroup ettiquette 1) Tell everyone the Trolls don't bother you. 2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond. 3) Tell other people off who repsond despite doing so yourself. 4) Continually talk about Trolls while maintaining they're having no effect. 5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know how to avoid them. 6) Make lame legal threats and other barrel scraping manoeuvres when your abuse reports are ignored. 7) Eat vast quantities of pies. 8) Forget to brush your teeth for several decades. 9) Help a demon.local poster with their email while secretly reading it. 10) Pretend you're a hard ******* when in fact you're as bent as a roundabout. 11) Become the laughing stock of Usenet like Mabbet 12) Die of old age 13) Keep paying Dr Chartham his fees and hope one day you will have a penis the girls can see. --------------------------------------- "If you would'nt talk to them in a bar, don't *uckin' vote for them" "Australia was not *discovered* it was invaded" The Big Yin. Need a fake diploma for fun? contact my collegues Malcolm Ogilvie or Michael Saunby who both bought one and got one free, only $15 each, have as many as you like www.fakediplomas.com |
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