Whats the most effective slug / snail repellant / killer?

Run_to_da_hills

Looking for something that can kill off slugs or snails any suggestions?

Cheers.

inishindie

Salt...always gets 'em. Keep it off of the plants though. Get yourself a bag (crisp bag will do), and start shakin'

There are other methods...copper wire keeps them off because of the electrical charge, eggshells is the favoured organic method...course sand, these just keep them off though....

Suppose if you just wanted to move them you could pick them off at night and re-home them (I'm not suggesting you throw them into a neighbours garden of course)

bitored

I hear coffee grounds work. Though I've never tried them. I use the the blue pellets....not very organic but the only thing that works!

simonj

Just an answer I gave before on the same topic.

Depends on what you have, I have raised veg beds -first thing I did was make the pathways from ash and pine needles as a detererrent

Try Nemaslug - Perfectly safe, it uses slugs natural parasites to kill them.

Also, at sunrise/sunset dusk/dawn get a torch, go out and pick them off, and kill them - the more you kill the less offspring, less problems

All details on getting nemaslug and details of it:

http://www.mrmiddleton.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=172&Itemid=34

For other pests like caterpillars, root worms etc. try www.nemo.ie

Keep up the beer traps - some home made ones here

http://connemaracroft.blogspot.com/2010/05/slug-traps.html

Ferramol pellets are a cleaner way to kill slugs, they have them at the irishseedsavers - who seem to be out of stock,

http://store.irishseedsavers.ie/products/family/9/garden-equipment/category/53/misc/item/237/slug-pellets/

Or johnstown garden centre online

http://www.johnstowngardencentre.ie/vitax-slug-death--certified-organic-slug-control/slug_deathpd.aspx

With raised beds there are also variatins - commercial and home made - on low voltage elecric barriers

This fella, SineWave really went to town - trying to do something similar with a battery version.
http://www.gardenplansireland.com/fo...out100-15.html

Being a surfer I really dont want to splash out money, just a question of stripping some old wire I skipdived.

Kill 'em all