chilli's .....they burn to the touch

[Duronal]

so as everybody knows chillis burn to the touch right...well the hot ones.

as we also know it hurts a whole lot when it get in your eyes.....

so how would a slug feel? it's moist which would aid diffusion across it's membrane.....does anyone know if a chilli wash would kill a slug? or at least deter it?

[di]

I thought slugs eat chillis?!

[Duronal]

well that's just it i don't know!

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that's quite an interesting read though.....it certainly suggests that the chemical we detect in the brain stops other similarly mammilians eating chillis but i don't know about slugs, i expect not but hey who knows.

if only i could find a slug! ( i do feel slightly guilty about killing them using a stick and my pond this year) i also feel pretty awfull about the organic slug pellets that are down around my seedlings......

could someone try it for me please? just some crushed up chillis around a base of the plant would do....

[di]

If you were to just leave out some crushed chillis in their path it's their decision whether or not to eat them~guilt free murder!! Let us know if it works!!

[di]

Just been on Weeds,Pests& diseases & it seems Mrschilli's chillis are being eaten by slugs!

[Duronal]

ah that rather confirms that they'll eat the leaves andi&di but how about the actual fruit?

Hmm i'll try with insanity spice and see how we go i shall report back asap.

[rustylady]

Slugs and Snails do not obey the laws of nature. Rhubarb leaves contain oxalic acid and are poisonous, but slugs and snails seem to thrive on them. Likewise, I suspect chillies.

[tricia]

On my Cayenne pepper plant two of the fruit have large holes in them - obviously eaten by the large snail I accidently (!) stepped on this morning in my small GH.