Slug Deterrent

I was watching a programme on Monday evening called "A little piece of paradise" unfortunately it was the final episode. :(

A lady had a beautiful garden in Laugharne Carmarthen. :gnthb:

All around her veg garden she had a border of Forget me Nots , she said it was a plant slugs and snails would not cross. the presenter searched her cabbages etc and could find no slug damage :yez::yez:

 

We usually have lots of Forget-me-nots in our garden as they seed themselves out without any trouble. I think that next year we'll transplant some of them to our slug-prone areas. Thanks for that tip, Pam.

Good article, Marley, thanks. I've passed it along to family and friends.

As for frogs and toads eating the slimey horrors, I think ours have never heard of it, either that, or they don't like them. We have had to catch them ourselves, picking them up with a "slug thongs" and dropping them in a pail of salted water.

 

Perhaps you should send a couple of yours over to teach mine what they should be eating. :hehe:

BTW, I~ve posted that good link you found on ME and given you the credit.

 

I do that as well, but what do you do with the slimey, salty water you invariably end up with?

I also use the 'scissor method'

 

That link must have been written by someone who has very considerate slugs in their garden! It mentions Echinacea, Foxgloves, DayLilies and Cosmos as being slug proof. Not here they aren't!

 

I have heard that WD40 acts as a slug deterrent. I wouldn't advocate spraying around the garden, but I am going to try it on some pots. Anyone else heard about this, or used it?

 

:lollol::lollol: Marley!

Aaron, Mr K tips it at the back of one of the compost heaps. What do you do with yours?

I could never use the scissors method, the mere thought of cutting even a ghastly slug in half makes me almost physically ill.

Figetsmum, no, have never heard of this method. You'll have to let us know if it works. Thanks.

One of our neighbours puts them all into her bio bin. However, they obviously don't like what she has in there as when she lifts the lid to put something else in, they are all there waiting to crawl back out. SCREAM!

 

I empty the slimey water into the waste ground behind our garden. Not pleasant.

 

That gives me an idea where we could empty ours in future. :D

 

I had one of my Grandaughters round the back garden ,explaining to her some of the creatures that eat the plants. i showed her quite a big fat slug and explained to her i usually use salt to eradicate slugs.
i explained to her, if you pour salt on the slug (it will start to shrink) then go all slimy. she said
"put some salt on that one"! i had some salt in the shed and did as she requested. she watched for the reaction of the salt on the slug and when it shrunk/melted she shouted , COOL, COOL :D.
HAVE I CREATED A MONSTER . music .

 

If you leave traps out for them, they're easier to collect. I use dog or cat biscuit, chicken pellets of soft horse bran. They pig out on the food and then they're too fat to move. Just leave them for the birds and frogs to hoover up. Yummy :D