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Hi. I am awaiting my fate. I have gardens in various different locations and while I was away in France slugs appear to have eaten the shoots of a very large Delhia which I have had for about 15 years.
My fault for not putting down slug pellets . I am hoping that the bus is the only damage as I have over 200 planted in total.
All the pansies were eaten and cats have scratched out the bogonias at two of the houses .
Hopefully the damaged Delhia will recover.
This is the price that I paid for a week holiday at my apartment in Cap d Agde |
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"Dahlia /begonia..."
You should come round the garden centre with me. The trouble I've caused getting 'labia' and 'lobelia' muddled...
OP: Sadly there are plants we simply no longer grow due to slugs loving them so much
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over a year ago
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Get set for a Gastropod invasion this summer, record breaking wet weather has seen them increase threefold, according to a bbc news report.
Apart from eating all your plants, bring generally gross, they carry lungworm so can be dangerous for poochie's too. |
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An old yoghurt pot or similar, dig a little hole for it, put it so it's flush to the ground. Cheap smart price beer inside. Slugs drawn to it like moths to a flame, they go in it, have a party, and die happy. |
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"An old yoghurt pot or similar, dig a little hole for it, put it so it's flush to the ground. Cheap smart price beer inside. Slugs drawn to it like moths to a flame, they go in it, have a party, and die happy."
I've done that once & the sight of the slimey mess the next day made me wanna  |
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"An old yoghurt pot or similar, dig a little hole for it, put it so it's flush to the ground. Cheap smart price beer inside. Slugs drawn to it like moths to a flame, they go in it, have a party, and die happy.
I've done that once & the sight of the slimey mess the next day made me wanna "
Yeh, don't drink it mind |
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"An old yoghurt pot or similar, dig a little hole for it, put it so it's flush to the ground. Cheap smart price beer inside. Slugs drawn to it like moths to a flame, they go in it, have a party, and die happy.
I've done that once & the sight of the slimey mess the next day made me wanna "
I don't think I could handle that! Maybe I'll just sacrifice my sweet peas to the slug gods. |
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Nemetode's are a natural predator of slugs and snails and are in the soil, there are companies that sell them to boost the levels up..
slug pellets are not that good if a pet or child eats them..
OP maybe if you had a knitting needle or 2 you could defend your plants..
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"An old yoghurt pot or similar, dig a little hole for it, put it so it's flush to the ground. Cheap smart price beer inside. Slugs drawn to it like moths to a flame, they go in it, have a party, and die happy."
Totally agree.... Great way to go  . MX |
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"And slug pellets kill all sorts of other creatures too "
yes thats true unfortuneately I lost an hedgehog that way once I think the beer Idea is the best but of course there are many other pests in the garden and they don,t all enjoy a pint...  |
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"Nemetode's are a natural predator of slugs and snails and are in the soil, there are companies that sell them to boost the levels up..
slug pellets are not that good if a pet or child eats them..
OP maybe if you had a knitting needle or 2 you could defend your plants..
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He'd need a set in each garden...
Couldn't go carrying them between gardens on a plane now. That'd be dangerous! |
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I use copper slug tape around my raised beds (& doorways as they sometimes get in-but this is another story).
I also use a ring of rock salt around delicious plants they love like lilies when established as it deters.
In early spring to protect shots, I use broken egg shells over coffee grindings. Coffee shops will sometimes just give you their grindings if you ask.
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"Nemetode's are a natural predator of slugs and snails and are in the soil, there are companies that sell them to boost the levels up..
slug pellets are not that good if a pet or child eats them..
OP maybe if you had a knitting needle or 2 you could defend your plants..
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Well,you learn something new every day. Where do you buy nematodes? |
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"Nemetode's are a natural predator of slugs and snails and are in the soil, there are companies that sell them to boost the levels up..
slug pellets are not that good if a pet or child eats them..
OP maybe if you had a knitting needle or 2 you could defend your plants..
Well,you learn something new every day. Where do you buy nematodes? "
get mine online, company called defenders (apologies mods if i shouldn't name them) |
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"Nemetode's are a natural predator of slugs and snails and are in the soil, there are companies that sell them to boost the levels up..
slug pellets are not that good if a pet or child eats them..
OP maybe if you had a knitting needle or 2 you could defend your plants..
Well,you learn something new every day. Where do you buy nematodes? "
. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The nemetode-Team
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On the local radio about a month ago there had been a survey of types that gave a rough estimate of how many slugs snails occupied peoples gardens in this country it was in the billions if that lot came together we,d be taken over (The day the snails came to take over.. ) |
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"On the local radio about a month ago there had been a survey of types that gave a rough estimate of how many slugs snails occupied peoples gardens in this country it was in the billions if that lot came together we,d be taken over (The day the snails came to take over..) "
It was supposed to be yesterday, but they are still on their way |
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I found a nest of caterpillars in my garden yesterday, gross, I have a phobia and have cut down trees except one. It will have to go. They were doing the caterpillar Olympics in my garden yesterday, up and down the deck, round and round the plant pots. I retreated to the safety of indoors after one crawled up my leg!xxx |
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Several years ago we had a plague of slugs and snails, you couldn't walk along without treading on them at every step and the garden down the road had his entire crop of cabbages stripped in a night. |
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