General Chat

Boy they everywhere.Caitlin counted 30 on my garden path Monday. And there is more now. All along paths to shops as well. YUK

Plenty thanks. You want a few?

No thanks we may be able to sell them on e?bay do you think?

I used to put leftover cat food out for hedgehogs. Slugs would gather to eat some as well so the hedgehogs had a starter and a main course.

Not to the extent you have seen, but still more in the garden than we've noticed in other years.

We planted a pot of Parsley which was decimated. The replacement is surrounded by wire (in case it was a 4 footed felon) and slug pellets. Every morning up to a dozen have been nuked :-D

Are they the lightish brown Spanish Armada variety or the typical UK black dog turd type? *shudders*

Not seen any this year but we have had big orange ones in the past.

Salt is good. They say have come in from another country. For get where, But how did they get in. I live near Heathrow so may have come over that way :-D

Put some salt on them

Julia in Derbyshire

I would have to carry load with me as on the payments as well over the shops have had loads to.

Julie you beat me to it :-D

Dark brown but very big then normal ones have had

i go out in the rain late at night with a torch
and salt them i hate the blighters :-D

Me to, Well i am off out now. See how many about today.

Hazelx

I think you have probably got mine too...!

It's strange this year but I have not seen any.

don't worry I don't want them back :-D :-D :-D

Wet weather brings them out so it's hardly suprising there seems to be a lot. I suppose they skulk about in the undergrowth when it's not raining?

We have hardly had any this year, last yr about the same. A few under stones or in amongst the plants. One on the patio night before last which (yuk) l squashed by mistake:((

jude

stacks in my garden - wonder if they are good for anything other than feeding birds - what purpose do they have in nature?

We are inundated with the little blighters.I hate them,Snails as well.I have tried all the well known death penalties and am finding a coffee jar buried in the soil with cheap lager in is drowning quite a lot . ;-) ;-)

AnnC, I think feeding the birds is their reason to be, nothing else just food chain. They make me gag but I wouldn't put salt on them (double gag, did it just once) in case it poisoned any birds.

Apparently, they suffer a painful, lingering death if you put salt on them. I just cut them in half with a pair of scissors (a recommended quick death way to deal with them by my tutor at horticultural college.)

nosy Mr Parrish (mr neighbour hood watch) one of my neighbours pulled me up
saying did you find your missing cat
i said my cats don't go out so not missing
he said i seen you searching for it with your torch
i said nope i was slug and snail killing ;-)

he said will you do mine to then ;-) ;-)