General Chat

I heard a dish of beer helps get them sozzled

thinks will have to try a nearly empty can of lager on its side,

see If that will trap em!!

My neighbour swears by a dish of beer ( and for the slugs) he doesn't grow veg tho.....but if it entices them into his garden to get sozzled ...great :-D

We haven't tried it yet, hubby uses slug pellets and I have no compunction about about giving them a dose of salt. They have no right in my garden and just are just slimy pests.

S*d the food chain, I'll feed the birds..perhaps I do too much and that's why they don't eat my slugs ! There's plenty of other slugs they can eat !!
Song comes to mind..There was an old lady who swallowed a fly, I don't know why she wallowed a fly etc etc.

Yes i heard beer is also a way of getting them. Wish they eat my weeds, I would have everyones if done that :-D

I have loads in my garden too,ugh!!!
all the wet weather is bringing them out,
or making them breed more.lol!!!

Even in the greenhouse,they seem to be hiding.

Wonder if I could make a slug stew,there's so many of them. :-) :-0 :-0 :-0 :-D :-D

Put them in slow cooker wil taste better, What veg you going to use :-D

lol!!!!!!!!
Think I might add carrots for colour,and leeks for flavour,
does that sound good??
:-D :-D :-D :-D

Oh yes i love leeks. Dont for get the dumplings lots :-D

If the slugs get in the dumplings,you might mistake them for bits of meat,or even eyes.ugh!!!!!!! :-S :-S
Your making me be naughty now :-P :-P :-D :-D
Hubby just walked in the room, and said what do you fancy for tea???
I had to explain what I was laughing at!!!!!!!!!
Slug stew it is then.

Darn things go walk about on patio every night. cant put slug pellets down as we have Harold the tortoise wandering about. so its nuking with the salt drum every night and sometimes during the day when yet another downpour brings em out.

Any food Harold has left on his plate is decimated by the morning.

Only thing with salt is you then have the slime to clean up . YUK

Hope he enjoys it Trish :-D Or could do slug pie and chips

Shirley the one that was on my carpet has made a nice mest. Not so bad cleaning up out side. Nee a nice very hot day to dry them out :-D

WALK BARE FOOTED SNAILS CRUNCH AN SLUGS SQWISH

lol!!! Dizzi,
:-D :-D

We seldom get them on the patio,tho the main flowered area is on the same level , 3 steps down to the veg garden ,lawn and shrub area and there's no end of the the bleeding slimy things.
Try this site for ideas of controlling /eliminating them.

http://green.thefuntimesguide.com/2009/08/natural_garden_slug_control.php

I've done the eggshell one before, but not tried planting fennel and rosemary.

Had a look on the website you mentioned Sparkling Sandie.
I have tried the eggshells,didnt stop them,
had to laugh at the photo on the site saying they noticed a few holes on the leaves of the plant,does your plant look like this?
I have no leaves left,just stalks,
my poor beautiful salvias,alas are no more. :-0 :-0 :-0 :-D

Poison them with slug killer :-) :-) :-)

George :-) :-)

Hubby uses that George...still get them munching away :-| :-|

Rosemary doesn't work - our Parsley is about 30cm from an established one.

I'm plagued with them as well :-( :-| I've never in my all my years seen so many and such big ones as this year . I don't usually go in for useing slug pellets but this year I have . My OH has made a stabbing stick so he can collect up the ones I can't each at the back of the boarders ....... slug kebab anyone ???

Slugs haven't touched our Parsley, they make a bee line for the runner beans tho :-(

Well there were alot up the road as well. Have duck end of road as have a cannel running along there.

Sandie they have got m mates runner beans as well and any other veg she is growing :-(

Edit... was told ducks would eat them.