Interesting, the slug pellet debate. You can get organic ones now; which are supposed to be ok for wildlife eating the dead slugs, but I'm not convinced. We use other barrier methods when and where possible.
Interestingly, we have planted our brassicas this year through weed fabric; and our lottie neighbours [who are new to gardening] have planted theirs straight into the ground [they are using the old style row system - we divided ours up into beds]. Ours were planted a few days before theirs; ours are home grown and theirs were shop bought. We popped down there tonight and ALL theirs have been shredded by slugs, and ours are growing nicely...neither of us have not used ANY pellets at all [I suspect they might get some once they see the destruction]. The crops are just 4 feet away from each other.
There are loads of threads on slug pellets; and searching will give you a whole range of answers, including a load of alternatives. |