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Any suggestions on what I can use instead of beer. I had some old cans of beer but have run out and it seems a bit daft buying beer.
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Get chatting to the local pub and ask them for the ullage.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet -
Apparently, you can use anything 'yeastie'
I'm planning to do an experiment for my blog, starting this week, with beer (well, cheapo red stripe lager) in half and a bakers yeast mixture in the other.
Bakers yeast is very cheap, about 30p in lidols, but I suspect the slimies might just drink their fill and slither off. I reckon they need to get sozzled to drown but I will be testing my theory over the next few days and let you know at the weekend.
I can't keep buying a round for the slugs
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I love the taste of beer and if anyone can come up with a way of trapping it then by damn im in
if you mean as a trap for slugs though, no, beer also rocks there too
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I did an experiment with both yeast tablets & blue pellets (even though they do not desolve) in container of water............both methods attracted slugs.Last edited by Bigmallly; 11-05-2015, 08:58 PM.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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More suggestions http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...aps_83803.html
and BM's experiment (one of many) http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ent_82740.html
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You can dilute the beer or use shandy it still does the job
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So basically they will drown as long as you can get them to go in the trap. Will try getting some yeast. Thanks everyone.Comment
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I used crushed Brewers Yeast Tablets. Easy to get hold of & fairly cheap.
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Had moderate success(caught loads but there was just too many) with jars of beer last year, the beer would get diluted out over time so sacrificing a lid or some cover balanced on a stick is in order this year. Bloody hell though the stench of slugs which had been marinading in stale beer in the hot summer for a few weeks was something else and it hung over the veggie patch.
My old man is bringing me over some copper slugtape in a couple of weeks, has anybody had any results with it?Comment
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I've always worried about beer traps attracting slugs from my neighbours' gardens. Is that silly?
Edit- so I end up with more slugs not lessLast edited by gringo; 20-01-2016, 12:58 PM.Comment
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Beer traps worked really well in my experience but be prepared for the smell of decomposing slugs in beer
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I would have thought that T£sco value lager at 22p a can was cheaper than any alternative you can come up with. One can will be enough to bait quite a few traps and still have enough to keep in the fridge til they need topping up. You could even drink it if you really wanted, but I wouldn't advise it.What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
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I put any I found in a tray of water last year and found they were sneaky so and so's for managing to climb back out - I don't know if the alcohol content would stop them being able to do this? Would it not need to be quite a deep trap to make sure they've well and truly fallen in?!
I'm trying copper tape this year instead - I don't like killing things if I can help itComment
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