Help! Slugs! Food waste caddy!

Can’t you put it in an outbuilding? Garage or shed? Or put it up on top of something? I have a lot of slugs but they don’t seem to bother with the bin.

Slugs - horrible things - seem to be able to squeeze through really small gaps. I've tried discouraging them with strips of copper but have resorted to throwing salt at them when there are too many to ignore.

I suppose the waste food is interesting to them, unfortunately. Is your caddy outside? Maybe standing it in a shallow container of water would stop them - unless they take up swimming, of course.

My DH hates slugs, but spent ages looking at Roman snails with DGD!

tanith it is positioned where it is so that we can use it without going out in the rain, i.e. just outside the door.

Septimia yes, it is outside, could try standing it in a water filled tray, but somehow doubt if it would work.

You could try sprinkling used coffee grounds around the caddy, gardeners do this. Or a ring of salt which will have horrible consequences for the slugs but keep them off and out of the caddy!

I keep mine under the sink and empty it in the bin outside when it isn't raining ( the recycling/composting /food waste bin)

Buy a different caddy?

We bought one that looks nice and keep it near the sink.

Made by Addis. Not as big but adequate and quite cheap.

You could salt the food waste which might deter the slugs from even trying to get into the caddy. Certainly the ring of salt round the outside should work - unless it gets washed away by rain.

I do exactly what aggie does

I sometimes find them in the shower!

I wrap waste food in newspaper before putting it on the caddy outside. Better than the compostable bags which apparently take ages to decompose.