hundreds of slugs collected in an hour

[lynda66]

ok, normally i have flat stones in the garden which i check under now and again for slugs, ...... about 3 days ago, i put some cardboard down in the front garden to suppress weeds, will put some compost down on it eventually......... but i thought i'd check under for slugs, there were hundreds of the little darlings ...... all polished off in minutes by the chickens, but it's much more effective at slug trapping than anything else i've come across, and not a slug pellet in sight

[lainey lou]

That's brilliant Lynda, what a great feast for the chooks!
*goes off to find some cardboard...

[lynda66]

best slug collection depot i've found lol

[Two_Sheds]

I have a couple of squares of hardboard on my lotty that I use as slug hotels ... friendly beetles like to hide under them too

[lynda66]

i've a few things down, but they do seem particularly attracted to the cardboard, they seem to think it's tasty too lol ..... mind you, thinking about how many people have put cardboard on their veg beds as weed suppressant, it's no wonder there are slug problems,

[BrideXIII]

well i am so not going outside to look under mine.

[lynda66]

well i am so not going outside to look under mine.

go on you can collect all the slugs in a pot and give em to your mum as a prezzie for the chooks

[lynda66]

well yesterday i put some fresh cardboard down, checked it today, and not a one, yet the stuff that's been down a week or 2 had loads under again, in fact so many i had to save some till tomorrow as the chooks wouldn't eat em all, i'm definitely going to go and get a load more cardboard, i've only got it on about a 1/4 of the garden, and they are all small ones too, so they must have hatched in the soil ready for munching my freshly planted veg in a couple of months, glad i decided to do it now, before they start breeding.

[Tori]

All i need now is chickens!

[lynda66]

well you could just stick em in a pot and pour salt on em or put vaseline covered in salt round the top of the pot, and put them out for the birds, they don't escape then


ok, todays update ...... 3 slugs lol .... i'm reckoning that they have been growing in the soil and the cardboard has warmed it up, and they have come up, but now they are all gone on that bit of the garden, dunno if that's right ....... anyway, have moved the pieces of cardboard to a different bit, to test the theory, so will leave a week to see if theres another thousand on that bit, really must get more cardboard if that works.

[lynda66]

ok had to check (far too impatient to wait a week), today slug count 12 .... and under the new pieces of cardboard, 3 ..... so if the theory is correct, there should be more as the days go by for some reason the chicks didn't want slugs for lunch today, so i've given the slugs a half dead broccoli leaf till tomorrow, don't want em dying of starvation before they get eaten

[allotmentlady]

maybe they are full of slugs or your knee made them feel ill..............ROFL


will try the cardboard thingy

[GreenPete]

I must see if I can get hold of some cardboard, I was going to get some to keep the paths clear of weeds.
Now they could double as slug traps as well

[lynda66]

slight problem with slug counting today, the cardboard has all broken into little bits and is currently strewn across the garden

[bridget mc laughlin]

If I were you I would put down some more cardboard cause you will be a happy gardener and your chickens will be happier too