Slugs

[oldbean]

When I confessed to my murderous habits in the garden... someone said that the big orange slugs only ate dead leaves. Well I went out this morning and found one who had not read the note on the Togs website... he was eating my foxgloves and he was not afraid of heights!

He is no longer with us...

[Tigger]

I remember reading an article by some TV gardening bloke who said that whilst most gardeners are lovely, gentle people, but when it comes to slugs and snails the gloves are off!

In the article the TV gardening bloke quoted a survey of readers' ideas on how to deal with slugs and snails - one bloke had put 'shotgun'.

I admire his restraint.

[Suzy R Sopham]

I have a fantastic likkle book someone bought me called 'The greatest gardening tips in the world' by Steve Brooks.

For things in ceramic pots, he suggests a good spray of the pot with WD40 - seems to be working so far!!!

I agree - I spend aages growing, tending, pricking out and planting things. It really makes the bile rise unreasonably when they are reduced to mere sticks in one night!!

[erindawes]

So why do we not do like the French does and find a recipe for the little bar-stewards? 'Slugs avec jus de tomate?' 'Snail Anglaise avec pomme de frites et une salade verte?'- et beaucoup de Pinot Grigio. (ps as you can see, can't spell grenouilts/lesslugsenglish/etc ) Must be a heap of protein in the little suckers. Would still rather suck another Togs' toenail 'though... Maybe!

[mrsoderous]

I have found slugs in my house but none n the garden!

[carlott]

suzyrsopham said:

For things in ceramic pots, he suggests a good spray of the pot with WD40 - seems to be working so far!!

Works well in thwarting squirrels climbing up metal poles to get at bird feed as well ;D

[Shuggie]

Vaseline is good for dahlias - smear it on the stems

[Tigger]

does it keep them youthful and moisturised?

[revmichael]

PMR's uncle (who has been dead quite a long while now) used to go out into his garden in the summer evenings with a torch and a carving knife.
He just cut the dear little slugs in half.

One evening a neighbour became very curious to know he was up to with a flash-light and a carving night.

I don't think the police were actually called.

[carlott]

revmichael said:

PMR's uncle (who has been dead quite a long while now) used to go out into his garden in the summer evenings with a torch and a carving knife.
He just cut the dear little slugs in half.

One evening a neighbour became very curious to know he was up to with a flash-light and a carving night.

I don't think the police were actually called.

But that's murrrrrrda!

[SuePerduper]

I don't get on with my next door neighbour as The Old Bag is forever poking her secateurs through my fence and butchering my shrubs. So, whenever I find a large slug, I lob it over the fence into her prize bedding plants.

It makes me feel so much better. ;D

Soup

[Glen B Ogle]

My father favoured the torch-and-hoe method of slug control similar to Rev's description above. He claimed he was merely providing comvenience food for the hedehogs!

Glen

[cheesygrin]

I have a phobia of slugs, I don't know why because they are hardly going to jump up and bite me ;D
I can't bear to look at them, I scream like a mad crazy woman when I see one, very odd I know but I can't help it

[sarah]

I know how you feel cheesy, hate the blighters, but not as much as the 8 legged things indoors - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh, panic every time.
Odd thing is I'll happily save a daddy longlegs and pop it outside- derr!
xx

[BjornTobyStomped]

I don't do anything to the little blighters I just leave em to the frogs and our resident Hedgehog.

[sussexgirl]

mrsoderous said:

I have found slugs in my house but none n the garden!

So do we, how do you deal with them Mal?
or better still stop them from coming in?

[lily]

revmichael said:

PMR's uncle (who has been dead quite a long while now) used to go out into his garden in the summer evenings with a torch and a carving knife.
He just cut the dear little slugs in half.

One evening a neighbour became very curious to know he was up to with a flash-light and a carving night.

I don't think the police were actually called.

I must admit in this weather to going out with a large tin of table salt...

xxx

[leadwellie]

I used to hollow out the ground and lay a plate or dish so it was level with the ground and put a dro of beer in bowl .....result... lots of dead happy slugs and snail ...... downfall of this method ....drunk birds lol

[lemanie]

tobyd said:

I don't do anything to the little blighters I just leave em to the frogs and our resident Hedgehog.

but my frogs have been lazy blighters and just won't eat the multitude of slugs in the garden!

[Fi]

lemanie said:

tobyd said:

I don't do anything to the little blighters I just leave em to the frogs and our resident Hedgehog.

but my frogs have been lazy blighters and just won't eat the multitude of slugs in the garden!

Neither will hedgehogs if there is other food available.