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Aaaaaarrrggghhhh - SLUGS

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  • 15-04-2011 6:05pm
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    Meelich
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭


    Well there was I all smug and self satisfied and Lidl's plants - I got 30 perennials for about €14.50 there the other week - poppies, lupins, foxgloves and delphiniums. I knew I was taking a gamble with the delphinimums, the slugs love them as much as I do, however I hadn't banked on the slugs going after the lupins too.

    Any tips/advice? I have already put down slug pellets (much against my own conscience) and they are not working!


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Meelich wrote: »
    Well there was I all smug and self satisfied and Lidl's plants - I got 30 perennials for about €14.50 there the other week - poppies, lupins, foxgloves and delphiniums. I knew I was taking a gamble with the delphinimums, the slugs love them as much as I do, however I hadn't banked on the slugs going after the lupins too.

    Any tips/advice? I have already put down slug pellets (much against my own conscience) and they are not working!

    Darkness, torch and secateurs. Happy hunting.


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    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,527 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    or else beer traps. they're very effective, and if left for several days between emptying, very messy.


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    woodturner
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭woodturner


    Place charcoal around the base of the plants, they don't like crossing that. For items that are in pots spray WD40 on the outside and it'll keep them away.


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    previous user
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    trails of broken eggshells around plants, it's very unpleasant for slugs
    scraping off their belly, turns them back.


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    igorbiscan
    Registered Users Posts: 325 ✭✭igorbiscan


    hi,just bought slug tape for my raised bed,its copper based,you run it all around the bed/container.Apparently it produces a small static charge which the slugs will not cross.Dont know how well it works yet.


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    beer enigma
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭beer enigma


    rocket propelled grenade is yer only man


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    planetX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭planetX


    Or just give up on Delphiniums and grow plants that give you an easier life:D


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    Zuiderzee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Zuiderzee


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    or else beer traps. they're very effective, and if left for several days between emptying, very messy.
    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    Darkness, torch and secateurs. Happy hunting.

    +1 +1
    Also nemaslug from garden centres works well.

    Irishseedsavers do organicly safe, chemically neutral slug pellets


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    karl tyrrell
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭karl tyrrell


    salt is the best kills them quick:eek:


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