GardenBanter.co.uk

GardenBanter.co.uk (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/)
-   United Kingdom (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/united-kingdom/)
-   -   Which beer in the slugtrap ? (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/united-kingdom/9120-beer-slugtrap.html)

HaaRoy 11-01-2003 05:53 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
Is there any preffered beer ?
Guiness better than Youngs Special ?

www.ihatesugs.com
says pellets are nasty


Martin Sykes 11-01-2003 07:09 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
I had a crate of very cheap mexican stuff which I understandably didn't
drink so it got left for a year in the garage after which it was very
fruity. It works like a dream in slug-traps.

Martin



K 11-01-2003 07:12 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 

"HaaRoy" wrote in message
...
: Is there any preffered beer ?
: Guiness better than Youngs Special ?
:
: www.ihatesugs.com
: says pellets are nasty
:
Here it would have to be London Pride :O))

K



Johanna 11-01-2003 11:27 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
In article ,
says...
Is there any preffered beer ?
Guiness better than Youngs Special ?

When we lived in Surrey, we had better results with cheap Belgian beer
(we used to get it in Tesco's, 24 small green bottles for about 5ukp)
than we did with the Heineken left behind after a party.
The Leicester slugs didn't seem to be interested in beer.

Johanna

Scott L. Hadley 12-01-2003 12:51 AM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
I always use the cheapest. I can't imagine treating these loathsome
creatures to any of the good stuff you have in Britain. Now that we're
finally producing some good beer here in the states, my inclination to use
the cheapest is even stronger. It can also be stale, flat, or otherwise
unused or unsuitable for drinking beer of any make, as far as I know.
"HaaRoy" wrote in message
...
Is there any preffered beer ?
Guiness better than Youngs Special ?

www.ihatesugs.com
says pellets are nasty





-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

Thomas Prufer 12-01-2003 10:07 AM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:53:05 +0000, HaaRoy wrote:

Is there any preffered beer ?


A mix of a little yeast and a lot of water will work just as well and
is considerably cheaper. Ordinary baker's yeast, dried or fresh. Add a
little sugar to the mix and it will grow, so you can use even less
yeast.

Thomas Prufer

Rufus 12-01-2003 10:57 AM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
Better still, why not have a go at brewing your own? Buy a 5 gallon beer kit
and if it turns out okay, bottle and drink it yourself. If not keep it for
the slugs and the snails. You'll have lots of fun brewing and they'll all
die happy if it all turns out unfit for human consumption.

Rufus
----------------
"Thomas Prufer" wrote a in message:

A mix of a little yeast and a lot of water will work just as well and
is considerably cheaper. Ordinary baker's yeast, dried or fresh. Add a
little sugar to the mix and it will grow, so you can use even less
yeast.




Bazza 12-01-2003 03:37 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 17:53:05 +0000, HaaRoy
wibbled:

www.ihatesugs.com


I'm rather surprised that someone dislikes the lead singer of Madness
so much that they've started a website. He always struck me as quite a
pleasant chap.

--
Barry Smith bazzas at btinternet.com
Wainwright's History of the AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE

HaaRoy 12-01-2003 03:44 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
www.ihateslugs.com


Jon Green 12-01-2003 06:24 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
HaaRoy wrote:

Is there any preffered beer ?


Anything sufficiently malty. It seems (to me) to be the smell of the
malt that attracts them.


Jon
--
SPAM BLOCK IN USE! Replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines' to reply in email.
Want a free solution to email spam? Try http://www.deadspam.com/
(Declaration of interest: I own/run the domain.)

Drakanthus 13-01-2003 08:04 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
"Rufus" wrote in message
...
Better still, why not have a go at brewing your own? Buy a 5 gallon beer

kit
and if it turns out okay, bottle and drink it yourself. If not keep it for
the slugs and the snails. You'll have lots of fun brewing and they'll all
die happy if it all turns out unfit for human consumption.

Rufus


I used to use the dregs from the bottom of my 5 gallon homebrew for the
slugs. It did the job nicely. It got a bit tedious emptying the dish of
slugs and refilling with dregs. Since I don't brew my own anymore its back
to the blue pellets of death.
--
Drakanthus.

( Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the
subject line or emails will never reach me.)



13-01-2003 08:32 PM

Which beer in the slugtrap ?
 
A long deceased market gardener friend of ours told us that slugs were
attracted to sugar in plants-transplanted lettuces contained more sugar
and this is why he preferred to thin out his lettuce seedlings rather than
transplant.
Slugs have definite potato preferences. King Edwards are a favorite with
slugs and this may be related to higher sugar levels.
Beer with added sugar, fermenting mixture or sweet stout seem to be good
bets

"Jon Green" wrote in message
...
HaaRoy wrote:

Is there any preffered beer ?


Anything sufficiently malty. It seems (to me) to be the smell of the
malt that attracts them.


Jon
--
SPAM BLOCK IN USE! Replace 'deadspam' with 'green-lines' to reply in

email.
Want a free solution to email spam? Try http://www.deadspam.com/
(Declaration of interest: I own/run the domain.)





All times are GMT +1. The time now is 05:23 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter