Whats the least painful death for slugs?

Yeah i definitely leave them in my compost bin too. Its just when they venture out they're in extreme danger.

 

well i have to honest i do like snails i find them cute (not slugs though) but................. i have really had it up to here with them this yr they have eaten most of my veg/plants ect that i have taken care and grown with love from seed

even had em scooting across my living room /conservatory windows :eek:

i really hate myself but i got to be honest a large bucket of salt water will be ready for every one i catch next yr after i found out that they do come back after you lob them 50 ft with a catapult

sorry to all slug lovers but i can take no more !

im over run with the little ******s

i have left my runner beans to get big so i can collect the seeds for next yr and kick me round the park twice but they have even eaten them i have 3 seeds

 

Here's a link to gardening advice for a comprehensive guide for sorting out your slug problems.
http://www.gardenadvice.co.uk/howto/pests/slugs/index.html

 

I use the Slug Pub method at the beginning of the season when the baby slugs are just emerging from their eggs(Small black slugs)
This is when they are at their most vulnerable.
The slug Pubs attract hundreds and meet their end in happy way.
The larger slugs are somewhat less attracted later in the season although a few are caught.
My slug Pub is a Square Plastic milk bottle with windows cut in 2 sides,each window is cut 3 sides only so they act as a hinge allowing the slugs in and keep the rain out, placing windows at ground level and top off for easy acces
This year I have had the usual attack but not so bad as others have reported.
I think they must like my home beer

 

Nematodes are undoubtedly effective but are quite expensive. I have been using Ferramol with considerable success this summer. It does kill the slugs but doesn't poison the soil or anythingelse- it's a naturally occurring iron compound and doesn't result in nasty messy corpses liike the traditional blue pellets.
The carrier for the iron compound is wheat, which means that mice etc will also eat it but it doesn't harm them, just makes it more expensive to use. I wish I could find an effective repellant as I don't like to kill anything, and I do use barrier methods such as copper strips, coffee grounds, eggshells etc but if they get past then I'm afraid it's the poison.
I think Wiltshire is the slug heaven of Great Britain.

 

If you use containers to grow plants in tie copper wire aroung the rim and the slimeys won't cross it, or scrunch up balls of wire and place around your garden, it does work, try it. Buzzing around!

 

Doesn't vaseline or WD40 also work as a barrier?

 

Are we talking slug control or birth control :D

 

I'll stick to my nightly 'vampire' hunts and kill the suckers before they get to do any real damage! :D
Helen.xxx.

 

that's what I should do as well !

[ 13. October 2007, 09:48 AM: Message edited by: miraflores ]

 

the least painful is the good old catapult .in the mornin you will never slip on them because they will be 100 yards down the road and they will have a fantastic flight :D

 

I'm with the 'try not to kill them, even though they ate all my favorite plants' brigade, though I have to confess that several have taken flying lessons over the hedge this year. Somebody did suggest they went for swimming lessons down the loo, which I thought was an interesting idea, but have yet to try.

The Centre for Alternative Technology have a very interesting factsheet all about slugs. Their favorite method is to lay a feast of comfrey leaves, and wait and watch as the little defenseless creatures slowly slide into the depths of comfrey heaven. They will apparently love it enough to want to stay, whereby they make easy pickings, at any time of day.

Have yet to try this out too - even though I have plenty comfry to use as bait. And I suppose, there is still the question of disposal. Relocation is always another avenue - though with their aparent homing instict, a trip in the car might be advisable!

 

For the quickest and least painful death:
chop them in half with your secateurs

 

Oh Stingo how could you????????????

 

Lately i've been doing the infamous secateur trick, and even shovel trick if they are on my patio. However, i did save the youngest smallest slug i've ever seen in my life.

If was only 8mm long, and inside my cold frame. I got it onto my little trowel, and because it was so small i couldn't kill it. So put it in my compost heap. Never know it may be a massive thing in a couple of years when i'lll have no problem cutting it in half.