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Slug and snails nuisance
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "MC Emily" wrote in message ... "HaaRoy" wrote in message news Its surprising that the British genius for invention has failed to come up with a really good way to keep them at bay from our favourite plants. Whats needed is a moluscicide to get rid of them out of ones garden, as there is a fair few plants that you just cannot raise from small size as they just gobble up the entire plant till it dies. and even bigger sizes are at risk.. pellets are of limited use . what substances do they really hate , say like salt etc.?? They really *like* beer. Get a pot without holes in it, say like a yoghurt carton or similar. Dig a hole near your plants and put the pot in it so that the rim of the pot is level with the ground. Fill pot to three quarters with beer. The slugs will go in for the beer but can't get out and will drown. Or you could pour a circle of sand around your favourite plants to stop the slugs crossing the line but this is impractical as the birds will keep scratching it away. Hope this helps. DO NOT put the edge of the container level with the soil, other beneficial insects will fall in and be drowned, put it so the lip is between 1/2 and 1 inch above the soil. The slugs and snails will climb up over the edge. And cover it to prevent the rain diluting the beer. Alan -- Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk What we need is for the scientists to create a GM snail which would eat only weeds. Or even better, eat all the other snails and slugs. |
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Slug and snails nuisance
"snafu steve" wrote in message ...
"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "MC Emily" wrote in message ... "HaaRoy" wrote in message news Its surprising that the British genius for invention has failed to come up with a really good way to keep them at bay from our favourite plants. Whats needed is a moluscicide to get rid of them out of ones garden, as there is a fair few plants that you just cannot raise from small size as they just gobble up the entire plant till it dies. and even bigger sizes are at risk.. pellets are of limited use . what substances do they really hate , say like salt etc.?? They really *like* beer. Get a pot without holes in it, say like a yoghurt carton or similar. Dig a hole near your plants and put the pot in it so that the rim of the pot is level with the ground. Fill pot to three quarters with beer. The slugs will go in for the beer but can't get out and will drown. Or you could pour a circle of sand around your favourite plants to stop the slugs crossing the line but this is impractical as the birds will keep scratching it away. Hope this helps. DO NOT put the edge of the container level with the soil, other beneficial insects will fall in and be drowned, put it so the lip is between 1/2 and 1 inch above the soil. The slugs and snails will climb up over the edge. And cover it to prevent the rain diluting the beer. Alan -- Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk What we need is for the scientists to create a GM snail which would eat only weeds. This would be quite a challenge it seems. I back onto a railway bank that is full of unprotected weeds, but the snails still head for my protected (I delude myself) plants. Or even better, eat all the other snails and slugs. ISTR a TV programme about an island where they once introduced large cannabilistic snails to eat up all the small vegetarian snails. It worked, but guess what they have a plague of now :-( Chris |
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