Slugs...

[blue411]

Last year i neighbours must of thought i was insane, i would finish work at 21:30 and by 22:00 i would be stomping around my allotment (Its in my garden) with a torch and a bucket!!
I thought that there must be a better way of dealing with the slugs, and there was.......I built a pond, nothing huge, i made it out of one of those recycle bins that you put your newspapers in (which i rescued from my local tip), i just lined it with pond liner and i was so amazed how quickly frogs started to appear and i didnt have any issues with slugs, i couldnt believe how well it worked.

[Chef_uk]

Chef, put down a carrier bag with some soil in it (to weight it down). Lift it after a couple of days. If there are slugs underneath the bag, you will have your answer. You may even have some other troublesome slimy things like New Zealand Flatworm.

Huh, nice tip thanks. when's best to test? now or wait a couple of weeks?

[hailtryfan]

Currently I use the "throw them elsewhere" method.

Using an organic regime so want to avoid pellets.

I try to encourage beneficial wildlife, but as my efforts so far only stretch to trying to strim as few toads as possible , didn't feel qualified to tick that box.

Want to install a small pond as frogs love slugs and I have a friend who can donate loads of frog spawn. Got to find out from the association if I'm allowed.

[Florence Fennel]

Rubber gloves, pair of scissors, snip in half and lob into dalek.

[Gearoid]

I pick them off and then dance on them but there wasn't an option for that. The birds then come along and gobble them up.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Huh, nice tip thanks. when's best to test? now or wait a couple of weeks?

Do it continuously and don't just chuck them over the fence.

[Pumpkin Becki]

I voted for two options:
1) At the lottie I use Nematodes, as I don't go often enough for hand picking to make much of a dent in the sluggy population.
2) In the garden, I go out in the evening with a big pair of scissors and cut the little ratbags in half, and stick the remains on my birdtable for my lady blackbird to find...they don't call me Becki the Slug Slayer for nothing you know!

[ginger ninger]

I can't vote to be honest because there isn't a child's bucket half filled with salt on the menu . I hand pick and chuck into mi bucket of salt...works every time. I do try to encourage wildlife into my little garden to help eat the slugs/snails, but other than help from the odd one or two toads I do struggle to keep the slugs/snails under control.

[binley100]

At home I go out with a pot of salt in hand, at the lottie I use organic slug pellets . I also use deterrents like coffee grounds and broken eggshells.

[Gearoid]

Salt's a good one. Makes a nice fizzing sound.

[Alison]

Where's the option for stamping on them?

[FoxHillGardener]

Beer traps, frogs and toads, coffee grounds, bran and cut them in half with secateurs. heh heh heh

[arpoet]

I cant Vote for i, like many others, use various methods depending on conditions and the severity of the problem.
The flame weeder is good, and the sharp stick too. But the boot is better for snails.
I dont like using pellets as we get lots of hedgehogs down the lottie and a lot of little birds which i dont mind either.

[jonohanson]

I dont know if its just my area but slugs seem to be almost non-existent on the plot and at home, last yr I only had 1 slug attack (the bas***d did eat my melon plant though), and that was it for the yr.

[arpoet]

I dont know if its just my area but slugs seem to be almost non-existent on the plot and at home, last yr I only had 1 slug attack (the bas***d did eat my melon plant though), and that was it for the yr.

If you are close to me i will bring you a barrow full for free.. now there is an offer....lol