Re: slugs help


"Sacha" <sachaH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Des Higgins wrote:
I normally manage to happily ignore slugs and snails EXCEPT at his time
of
year when they massacre seedlings or
my Cardiocrinums which only come into leaf for a few months and just sit
there and get eaten down to the bulb before they can put on food for the
following year.
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I suggest most seriously that you try nematodes. They work here and
while we do have slugs, we have nothing like the quantity one might
expect in green, wet Devon. And - touch wood as I say this - neither
do we have vine weevil. But you MUST use this method exactly as
instructed and certainly repeat frequently, as instructed.
And do all you can to encourage wildlife into your garden, birds,
hedgehogs, frogs, toads etc.

The wildlife side is slowly improving but it is just now that slugs get to
me. I ignore them happily for 10 months of the year.
I will have a look at the nematodes.
The Alu sulphate works well as a barrier in confined spaces. It creates
sulphuric acid in low concenrations if slugs try to cross it (powdered on
soil) and that keeps them out.
I prefer not to use it near the food though.
Thanks
Des


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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon



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