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using ferric phosphate on slugs

amandstu · 2014-04-20 16:11:35

Has anyone advice on how to use these slug pellets? When I first bought them the advice was to apply them for a maximum of 4 times per plant over the course of their "lifetime". That seemed a bit vague and I haven't come across those instructions since then. I seem to notice that they are disappearing from where I have put…

20-04-2014 5:11pm

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amandstu

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Has anyone advice on how to use these slug pellets?

When I first bought them the advice was to apply them for a maximum of 4 times per plant over the course of their "lifetime".

That seemed a bit vague and I haven't come across those instructions since then.

I seem to notice that they are disappearing from where I have put them after about a week.

Could anything apart from the slugs be eating them?
Does the rain dissolve them pretty quickly ?(it has been quite dry)

I also notice it says to put them on bare soil.Are they ineffective in the weeds?

Do they attract slugs and if not would it be a smart move to attract them somewhere away from the actual veg where they can eat the pellets?
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What about putting them under wood planks where the slugs tend to gather (and I normally dispatch them with a scissors)

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