Slugs

[Florence Fennel]

More snails than slugs but all in all too many of both!

[Davyburns]

Not as many as two years ago, but still too bl**dy many

[taff]

Um...hardly any, of either...I love slow worms

got lots of blackfly though if anyone wants them?

[hellou76]

I have one that lives under my washing machine.

[northepaul]

Lots of slugs but 3 times as many snails!! (They are much more satisfying to squash )

[snakeshack]

not too many slugs this year as it's been too dry and after last years debarcle with the spuds ( I lost 70-80% of my spuds) I bought nema slug & haven't seen more than about 10 all year.still putting organic pellets around the brassicas though as the snails aren't affected by nemaslug apparantly and as they are all netted don't pose a threat to wildlife.

[maypril]

Slugs and snails have decimated my crop this year. Next year I'm covering all of my plots with Nemaslug. I don't care how much it costs, I'm gonna kill those little ****holes cos i'm sick of seeing these slug holes!

[Alison]

Slugs and snails have decimated my crop this year. Next year I'm covering all of my plots with Nemaslug. I don't care how much it costs, I'm gonna kill those little ****holes cos i'm sick of seeing these slug holes!

Nemaslug is a good product (although expensive) but only continues to work if the soil is damp, if it dries out then the nematodes die off and you're back to square one.

[Davyburns]

Over the last couple of months, I have been using crumbled eggshells, with quite a lot of success, I have friends and familiy collecting them for me. They tell me it also breaks down into calcuim, so its another plus

[catkeeble]

Slugs are the bain of my existence in this patch!!

Oh and caterpillars!!

[Two_Sheds]

I've just salted 4 big fat slugs, out in daylight, the cheek of it.

If I'm still awake after dark falls, I'll be out again with my pot of Saxo

[snakeshack]

Nemaslug is a good product (although expensive) but only continues to work if the soil is damp, if it dries out then the nematodes die off and you're back to square one.

I find a 4 inch straw mulch helps keep the soil moist enough and allows the nemalug to continue working,without excessive watering

[Alison]

I find a 4 inch straw mulch helps keep the soil moist enough and allows the nemalug to continue working,without excessive watering

Mulching is always a good idea although I don't to use straw much as I'd have to buy it and over the size of my plot that would be excessive. I do use newspaper and home made compost though which really helps although there was nothing that would have solved the problem back in June when the soil had turned to dust / concrete

[lettucegrow!]

Yep, loads of those 'orrible big orange/brown ones.I hate them!

[goodmow]

I haven't seen hardly any slugs this year,maybe it's a combination of a hard winter,quite a dry summer here in the south east and i keep putting the old chicken straw down as a mulch.