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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: NorthEssexsmallholding on March 08, 2011, 11:27:13 pm

Title: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on March 08, 2011, 11:27:13 pm: What methods do people use on here? I have some onion seedlings in the greenhouse, I've put wooden boards around the bed and was going to grease the wood and put sharp sand on it, and do the same at the bottom as well. May also put a couple of slug pubs as well.

ANy other god methods of killing the blighters before they completely eat everything?
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: manian on March 09, 2011, 07:28:48 am: copper for seeds that i find hard to grow!
otherwise the usual gravel etc..... chickens are good when the seeds are higher (otherwise they are worse than the slugs!!
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: Hermit on March 09, 2011, 10:46:43 pm: I have a fire on the go 24/ 7 the ash from that goes around the veg as the slugs dont like to get over it. They dont like coffee grounds either apparently which is a popular deterent as well.Anything gritty and sharp basically.
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: Blonde on March 12, 2011, 12:02:07 am: Quote from: NorthEssexsmallholding on March 08, 2011, 11:27:13 pm
What methods do people use on here? I have some onion seedlings in the greenhouse, I've put wooden boards around the bed and was going to grease the wood and put sharp sand on it, and do the same at the bottom as well. May also put a couple of slug pubs as well.

ANy other god methods of killing the blighters before they completely eat everything?
beer will attract them. Put a part can of beer on the angle in your garden, dont have it full just a little save the rest for you or for them later. The slugs will pile in to the can for a sip and dont make it out and if they do they are fairly drunk. Generally they drown in the stuff.
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: Cobra on March 12, 2011, 12:29:30 am: Aylseburys ;D :&> :&>
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: Blonde on March 12, 2011, 01:07:26 pm: Does not matter what it is cause the yeast in thebeer is what attracts them....... then you have pissed slugs and if you get snails....... same :wave: At least just try it...... you might be pleasantly surprised
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: Glentarki on March 12, 2011, 04:03:37 pm: With potted (slug prone shrubs and plants) we spray wd40 around the lower part of the pot....doesnt kill them :( sadly but creates a film like deterent that works well. Not every ones choice of product but works well for me.

Dave
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: suziequeue on March 27, 2011, 12:19:17 pm: I have stapled a 2" wide strip of coarse sand paper to the top and side of the uppermost plank of my raised bed.

Problem with beer trap - dog likes the beer too :-((

Susanna
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: lazybee on March 27, 2011, 02:21:27 pm: I use wood ash. But wood burns to almost nothing so take a while to get enough
Title: Re: slug prevention from eating seedlings?
Post by: ATF on March 27, 2011, 02:43:53 pm: my brother has planted a 'hedge' of garlic round his tender leaves patch - he kept the bulbs in year after year and now has an impenetrable wall of garlic that seems to keep them away. not yet tried it myself yet but might be a sustainable long term solution.