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My cabbages are being chomped to stalks, how do i get rid of the slugs? I have slug pellets and a slug x trap but no use...advice please?
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Are you sure its slugs. It might be caterpillers. Look on the underside of the leaves and pick them off if it is.
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Pigeons?
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Are they netted ?........... pigeons have a liking for Brassicas.
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Have you put manure or anything else round the plants that might be acting like a slug magnet. My old man used to put slug pellets away from the plants so they didn't attract slugs to the veg. Where abouts are you NG70, if you pop your approx location in your profile local members may be able to offer advice.Location ... NottinghamComment
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Slug pellets are not the answer and like a lot of poisons are indiscriminate killers, hedgehogs and Thrushes are known to have been poisoned eating slugs and snails that had pellets in them.Comment
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That would be my suspicion too, more likely than slugs at this time of yearOriginally posted by Bigmallly View Post
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Which one are you and is it how you want to be?Comment
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They are under a mesh polytunnel and have been since they were planted. Could it be caterpillars at this time of year?Comment
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Yes, cut a cabbage the other day and a big juicy green caterpillar fell out and we have had temperatures of nearly -8 C.Originally posted by Newbiegrower1970 View PostGardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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Clever SAS pigeons?
Only joking!
If you have slug pellets down, are there any slimy trails or dead slugs or hardback snails?
Is the mesh fine mesh like debri netting? If so its unlikely to be caterpillars. Whitefly can devastate crops along with leaf miner, but they would be evident.
I've even had rats eating my winter brassicas when food was scarce.My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00...H7295AHBJM7HJ5 it's this.
I have seen slugs but not loads. I'll check for caterpillarsComment
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I checked them today and i couldn't find any caterpillars.
Hopefully there is a photo attachedComment
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No photo!.............Comment
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Well i just can't get to grips with thisComment
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Get a sealable container put some greens it that slugs will eat add water to the container, about three pints, collect two dozen or so slugs put them on the green raft, then leave for about three weeks then filter off the water into a watering can top up the watering can and apply it round about you cabbage, the sludge that's left can be used to start off your next batch, what you will be doing is harvesting nematodes, as they occur naturally and some of the slugs will have themit may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
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