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**taff** · 23-05-2012, 09:10 AM

Slug-proof plants - Plant features: Flowers - gardenersworld.com

**dominic10** · 23-05-2012, 09:25 AM

Thanks for this Taff. Makes me wonder why snails make a beeline to my Crocosmias. I could pick them off by the handful.

**Andromeda** · 23-05-2012, 11:28 AM

Last year I managed to remove a total of 38 slugs and snails in just one evening...from 5 tomato plants!

I detest the little (and not so little) blighters.

**chefgage** · 23-05-2012, 11:33 AM

For some reason the slugs did not seem to like my tomato plants last year, but they certainly
Liked the chilli plants. I asked to be for ever picking them off

**Mikey** · 23-05-2012, 11:43 AM

Last year we had a very cold winter, which mean't that a lot of snails and slugs were killed off. This year however a lot of us have had a very mild winter, we will have to be mindful that there will be a lot more slugs about.

**HeyWayne** · 23-05-2012, 12:12 PM

Mild, and wet of late.

Beggars!

Originally posted by Mikeywills View Post

Last year we had a very cold winter, which mean't that a lot of snails and slugs were killed off. This year however a lot of us have had a very mild winter, we will have to be mindful that there will be a lot more slugs about.

**VirginVegGrower** · 23-05-2012, 12:14 PM

Can we have polytunnels marked too for men that don't want to help.

**Bigmallly** · 23-05-2012, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by Headfry View Post

and.....and....and the little monkeys eat my bird seed

That's some garden you've got there HF, don't put any bird seed out & hopefully the monkeys will eat the slugs........

**Peas'n'Kews** · 23-05-2012, 01:31 PM

Slugs love hostas, perhaps growing these beside the veg bed might distract the blighters??

**Mikey** · 23-05-2012, 02:04 PM

I grow marigolds and nasturtiums as slug gifts, just so they'll leave my runner beans alone.

**cardiffsteve** · 23-05-2012, 05:15 PM

I went to move my potted on tomatoes lat night and there was a big slug on the side of one of the pots.
Cos it was dark i didnt see it and put my hand right on it.

Isn't slug snot difficult to get off your skin......

**veggiechicken** · 23-05-2012, 05:20 PM

I have a similar problem in the old kitchen where the dogs sleep. If its been raining the slugs crawl in from somewhere and I frequently step on a slug in bare feet! I'm sure there must be a use for slug slime - it really is disgusting stuff.

**Pa Snips** · 23-05-2012, 06:05 PM

Slug slime...there's something I know about...especially when the strimmer makes them explode. I've worn my fair share of slug slime.

Incidentally, they like cat food, so maybe placing cat food near at-risk plants could be a solution. I know this because my neighbour puts cat food outside so her 12 or so cats don't all run into the kitchen at the same time.
I've also seen birds fly down to eat cat food and the cats just lie there watching them.
A couple of weeks ago I saw two hedgehogs having a go at it too.
It seems like she's feeding half of the local animal population.

So anyway...plants....slugs...ain't that a bu66er!

**Florence Fennel** · 23-05-2012, 06:40 PM

I've surrounded one bed with dry oats. I'm hoping to sit outside one evening to listen to exploding slugs and snails.

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