Ruined Carrot Bed ! :(

I gave the the devils pets (pest) the benefit of the doubt and it has repaid me by destroying my carrot crop, NO more mr nice guy, sod organic growing, I'm gonna nuke the B tards with every chemical unknown to the blighters and nematodes too, the slimey enemy won't beat me.

Slugs have destroyed my raised carrot bed but I managed to get the blighter climbing up my laden peach tree!

 

Vince, are you sure it`s slugs and not birds? If it IS slugs, then use the liquid slugkiller by Growing Success.

 

Bother Vince,

It's that time of year though. Mr Lump hammer needs to come out

 

much to my husbands disgust i have taken to picking up these slugs with a pair of ROSE PRUNERS they dont seem to bother me much after that :yess: this battle will be mine

 

Brings a whole new meaning to dead heading Kaz.

 

I find having a family of Hedgehogs living in the garden works really well plus four pairs of magpies does help if the cats let them be. But honestly the best slug killer on the market is a pond full of frogs or toads along with a hungry family of hedgehogs. Will say that the hogs don't take long to eat them. Thats why i've stopped using slug pellets.

 

Definitely slugs, caught in the act!

I'll google that Dai, does it "NUKE" the eggs too?

I'll now use the bed for some winter brassicas, bring the slimey enemy to the surface where they will be severely "pelleted"

 

Oh, Firsttimer, my raised bed is 2.5' tall, I have frogs and hedgehogs in the garden but unfortunately they cant jump that high, maybe I should teach them to pole vault? Magpies won't come near our garden due to our proliferation of canines who take great delight in chasing them.

 

I often walk about in the garden barefoot first thing.
Yesterday, I trod heavily and felt a definite squelch under my heel

I looked down and there was a flat slug with its innards squirted over the lawn.

I didnt know whether to be disgusted, amused or slightly smug.

The only real surprise is that it took so long to happen.

 

Vince- I should say that one night last week I lose an entire row of new lettuce.

I operate a 'no quarter given' snail policy in the garden.
I dont use chemicals, but I do hunt them down. I cant drown, salt or crush them so I tend to launch them into the road.

Nematodes are an excellent strategy. Good luck.

*whistles the Great Escape Theme Tune*

 

Watching gardeners world tonight just discovered that garlic spray works doesn't kill the little slimey blighters but it irrates them and also kills the eggs.

 

Thanks for the support guys, it helps that I'm not the only one suffering, those prats on "Gardeners World" found them fascinating? They obviously have "minnions" tending the gardens between garden shoots? and a big fat salary to buy their veggies elsewhere?

Yes, I'm a cynic!