Reducing Slug / Snail Population

Roundup is specifically formulated to NOT harm animal life. Unless you happen to rely directly on photosynthesis to produce food and osmosis to carry it about your system, Roundup is harmless.

 

Thanks for the link John got some nematodes on order,I might just give it a try

 

Let us know how you get on @Lolimac

 

Would strips of rough gauge sandpaper work along the edges of raised beds work? Something I've been thinking about for a while now.

 

Will do...

I've thought about that too Nick but wondered when it got wet it would be soft and ineffective...

 

If the rain stays off today, I was going to repot a perennial wallflower. I had a look at it yesterday and lo and behold there was a small congregation of weeny snails on the inside edge of the pot. I thought maybe that the little bit of frost and slushy snow we had may have finished them off. No such luck! Looks like I'll be at war again - it was pretty bad last year!

 

Nice one @JWK ...that might well be worth a go

 

I really need to get to grips with my problem too and I'm thinking of trying the following.

A friend of mine swears by a suitably shaped object, say a piece of lath or split bamboo cane etc then painted with glue, left to be tacky (depending on the sort of glue you are using) and then rolling in crushed eggshells (perhaps sharp sand might work?) and left to dry completely. Rain repellent and can be shaken clean or sprayed clean or any soil that gets on it. He says it works ... I'm wondering if collars made from cut out cylinders of say soft drink bottles might be treated the same way for individual plants? Or that nylon rope for tricky enclosures?

Sorry more questions than answers.

GG

 

Yeah that's the type of thing. I was initially thinking of a surface that is more 'pointy' but I guess they would still find this uncomfortable. Something definitely worth thinking about I think.

 

@HarryS Thanks for posting that video Harry. I'm going to give those a try. I've always used old pots, which have worked, but scooping out the corpses and the rain diluting the beer has always made it a bit of a faff. I'll let you know how I get on!

 

Got this idea off my local radio show,same principle and if you want to be extra fussy you can add some fast action yeast to the beer,apparently the slugs love it...

 

The sieve's a good idea