slugs

Hate the rotten things and I feel pleased when I see our birds swoop down and eat them. No doubt they are tasty.

I can’t even stand reading about the things, shudder!

They come out after dark and particularly after rain.

Sprinkle salt liberally over your path.
Works very well for me and stops them coming through the kitchen window and onto the draining board which I hate.

I havnt had slugs for over 10 years. I spray nematodes every March.

They ate everything I planted last year, so much that I've not bothered since.
Horrid things!!!
Oh they really give me the heebie jeebies!

Why do they even exist?? Horrible things! They’ve eaten dahlias, mecanopsis and hydrangeas in my garden this year. 🤬

Apparently they are very partial to beer. Put some in a plant saucer overnight…….they do drown but they’re quite happy at the time!

Beer has worked wonderfully in my garden. Put it out in a shallow container they can access, they love it, get woozy, fall in and drown.
I could show you a photo of my first attempt, a dish full of many dead slugs of all sizes, but I’ll spare you from an utterly nauseating sight!

I think I want to deter them as I don’t want the dogs eating them. Will try the salt tonight. Have had a few before but last night was gross.

Agree there seems no reason for them, have hardly seen hedgehogs this year - unlike you southerners, we have had more than our fair share of rain

SueDonim

Why do they even exist?? Horrible things! They’ve eaten dahlias, mecanopsis and hydrangeas in my garden this year. 🤬

Have you seen the ones who have the sheer audacity to be striped with bright orange?
They're huge!
What a liberty.

That’ll be all the colour from my garden flowers working its way through, MissA!

Bleurrrrgggghhhh!
Revolting!!!

I bought "Sluggo" last year, to deal with my little slime "friends".
It's not toxic to other animals, and it seems to dematerialise the dead slugs, too
Plus, I love the name

Not Slug-gone?

You need a hedgehog!

SueDonim

Not Slug-gone?

Definitely Sluggo.
Marvellous name, and I think I saw it it in a video about gardening in Australia.
I knew it was the one for me, then.

My neighbour drops them into a bucket of hot, salty water but it does mean going out at night.

midgey

You need a hedgehog!

I haven't seen a hedgehog here for years, and there used to be many of them pottering around at night.
Its all foxes here, nowadays.

Hand picking the buggers is one of the recommended ways of dealing with them, Sarnia.
I'm not sure I could bring myself to pick one up in case it wiggled around...

You have to spray in March because that’s when the baby slugs are growing in the soil.
All you do is dilute the nematodes ( it’s a living thing) in the watering can and away you go.

I had no slugs when I had chickens. Trouble is, the chickens ate all my vegetable plants

petra 👍👍

petra

You have to spray in March because that’s when the baby slugs are growing in the soil.
All you do is dilute the nematodes ( it’s a living thing) in the watering can and away you go.

I've just read that slugs lay eggs in the soil, which I didn't know.
That explains why suddenly I'm overrun with them.

What do you do with them when you’ve gathered a bucket full of slugs?

I’ll look for the nematodes next spring.