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Anyone else go down to the allotment when it is dark with a torch to hunt out the marauding slugs? Or am I just too eccentric?
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No and yes, welcome to the vine
You have to loose sight of the shore sometimes to cross new oceans
I would be a perfectionist, but I dont have the time
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I go out as well and catch them for the chooks
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I've been known to go out at night with a pair of scissors and a torch...
Welcome to the vine BTW
Chris
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Try a headtorch it leaves the hands free to catch the slimy little critter...........S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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what is the best way of getting rid of the slimy little critters? Tried broken egg shells around plants, tried vaseline rubbed on the edge of pots - but still my plants are suffering and i see little glistening trails of slime!
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I bought 2 small ducks and let them roam. Aint seen a slug or snail for 2 years. Bad news is you have to put small 300mm high light fence around wher you plant small seedlings or the ducks may damage some.Comment
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Use nematodes - water onto the soil around your crops. Treat potatoes, brassicas, lettuce, asparagus, carrots, anything that get's attacked by slugs! The nematodes seek out and kill the slugs underground. Totally safe, last 6 weeks +. Widely available, but HOME are good suppliers.Comment
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cultivate your compost heap,make it nice and warm, slow worms will move in, less slug problem
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