[doganjo]

Watching countryfile extra this morning - Paul who does Flog It and recently started smallholding used bits of fleece round the base of brassicas to repel snails and slugs - lanolin and other properties keep them at bay apparently
Anyone else heard of this?

[shep53]

Yes friend has done it for years , she tried slug pellets made of compressed wool and her dogs ate them

[waterbuffalofarmer]

No to tell the truth I haven't, but if anyone wants any spare bits of wool I have plenty.....

[Foobar]

Yes, I've heard that it works well.

[landroverroy]

 I have tried it and seen a snail crawling over the wool. (not very fast or enthusiastically though!)
 So still undecided about whether it works or not. 

[YorkshireLass]

I sort of tried it, and mainly made a mess of mud and un-diggable soil. I prefer no dig, but there is only one way to harvest spuds!

[Fleecewife]

The idea has been around for yonks.  I have tried it but, while it might work in drier areas, it doesn't seem to work here.  Once the fleece has been flattened by rain, and has a wet surface, the slugs and snails aren't bothered.
As YorkshireLass says, the soil can become unworkable, especially if you use a rotavator or mantis, as the fleece, when unrotted, becomes tangled in the blades.  So overall for me it's a nono.  It's quite useful for covering the compost heap if you have felted fleece.  It reduces the rain and keeps the compost warm and working.  When you use the compost keep back the fleece and use it on the new heap.

[Anke]

The idea has been around for yonks.  I have tried it but, while it might work in drier areas, it doesn't seem to work here.  Once the fleece has been flattened by rain, and has a wet surface, the slugs and snails aren't bothered.
As YorkshireLass says, the soil can become unworkable, especially if you use a rotavator or mantis, as the fleece, when unrotted, becomes tangled in the blades.  So overall for me it's a nono.  It's quite useful for covering the compost heap if you have felted fleece.  It reduces the rain and keeps the compost warm and working.  When you use the compost keep back the fleece and use it on the new heap.

Yep, tried it on strawberries years ago - doesn't work up here.

[DavidandCollette]

I'm still interested in using call ducks. Apparently they like lettuce so would grow that somewhere else

[Penninehillbilly]

Tried some black fleece round a hostage,  didn't work, but just realised I don't think the has taken came up this year.

[Fleecewife]

Tried some black fleece round a hostage,  didn't work, but just realised I don't think the has taken came up this year.

Sometimes you've got to love spell checker

[Ina]

Tried some black fleece round a hostage,  didn't work, but just realised I don't think the has taken came up this year.

Sometimes you've got to love spell checker

Yes, I'm still puzzled... 

[SallyintNorth]

Tried some black fleece round a hostage,  didn't work, but just realised I don't think the has taken came up this year.

Sometimes you've got to love spell checker

Graphic lifted from Facebook - I think that makes it legal?

[farmers wife]

you can buy wool pellets - they dont work

[Ina]

Found this in BBC website yesterday - might work better than anything else!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36955080

Norway party proposes 'slug hour' to tackle invasive pests