madchickenlady Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I'm a keen gardener, and my girls are being very well behaved in the garden I usually put down slug pellets to keep my young lupins in one piece, but now that the girls are free ranging every day I don't want to take the risk. What do you use against the evil slug/snail empire? (I have pekins, and while they will scoff a small snail, they won't eat slugs ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I use ash from our fire - they won't crawl across it. Upturned grapefruit halves attract them and then you can pick them off and " dispose" of them. But in the main, I have now learnt which plants are vulnerable and either avoid them or bring them on till they are growing faster then the slugs can eat them. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toastedblue Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 copper wire is your friend make rings of bare wire and place them on the ground around your plants earthing wire, the flat strip type, is good as it's less likely to be bridged by soil slugs and snails hate copper HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Diatom sprinkled around tender seedlings worked well for me. You have to replace it after a shower of rain though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 nematodes work well. also going out at night with headtorch and picking them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
