What's eating my clematis?

I take it they didn't get that far...... over the back fence, maybe?? I'm lucky, it's the railway over there, not a normal neighbour - hope you're as lucky in having a suitable flinging area!

 

I'm naughty as I fling them over into next doors garden there is no one living there at the moment... As soon as someone moves in I'll stop obviously.

But they probably come marching back into mine as there are no flowers to speak of next door.

My wheelie is also full of them.

If I have my secauters I have no problem in cutting slugs in half at least it's a quick death as apposed to pelletts or salt.

 

You know what Stingo, you are right, cutting them in half is the quickest way to kill them... just watch out for anything that squirts....

My mum is always going down her garden at night and stamping on them! After 3 years of gardening, I have only just started doing this just as long as I keep my eyes closed it's fine!

 

There is no point in flinging them - snails have a homing instinct! Much better to hear a satisfying crunch under the wellie...and its organic.

 

Geoff - I just can't do it! I know it is kinder than leaving them in a bag in the wheelie bin but I am just too squeemish. I found about another 20 this weekend - where are they all coming from! I told my neighbour to try and keep his snails on his side of the wall! (he wasn't too impressed) even more disturbing is it is obviously the mating season and half the ones I find are cojoined which is really disgusting!

I will be back out there tonight and every bl**dy night at this rate! I have prevented any further damage to the clematis however by getting rid of any I fin in the proximity.

 

Well its kinder than using pellets and pellets mean that if they get a non lethal dose they can pass it on to song thrushes if they get eaten. Look what happens when song thrushes eat them. I had a lovely song thrush that used to have a favourite rock down the garden.

 

Geoff, the link hasn't come through, thankfully as I wouldn't like to see that! I will stop using pellets now - the ones I have don't seem to make any difference anyway. I will just keep removing them from plants/walls etc, perhaps I'll build up the courage to squash them!