Posted by Mrs Badger on July 16, 2008, 8:45 am
Hi there, I am new to this site and quite an inexperienced gardener so
please bear with me. I hope I have posted this in the right place!
I have a small garden and this year is the first year I have planted it
out with anything at all. I love bedding plants and at my old house had
good success with busy lizzies and petunias. I set about planting my
beds with busy lizzies and marigold only to find that we have a very
large population of slugs! We also have a resident hedgehog who I
understand is excellent for keeping slugs down but there are so many I
don't think he can keep up! our next door garden is an overgrown
wildernesse and a slug heaven, I have seriously never seen so many
slugs! I can't use most types of slug killers for fear of them not
being safe for the hedgehog. We have tried beer traps which are
wonderful but still I am struggling. I have already lost my marigolds
completely and the busy lizzies were fighting back but are clearly now
really struggling.
I want to replant my beds with something else, what can I use that
slugs won't eat and can now be planted in mid July? I have some
geraniums in a tub and they are doing handsomely and do not appear to
have any slug damage. So I hoping to maybe plant some of these out with
something else but I need some advise.
Thank you for listening...
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Mrs Badger
Posted by Bill on July 16, 2008, 8:26 am
> Hi there, I am new to this site and quite an inexperienced gardener so
> please bear with me. I hope I have posted this in the right place!
>
> I have a small garden and this year is the first year I have planted it
> out with anything at all. I love bedding plants and at my old house had
> good success with busy lizzies and petunias. I set about planting my
> beds with busy lizzies and marigold only to find that we have a very
> large population of slugs! We also have a resident hedgehog who I
> understand is excellent for keeping slugs down but there are so many I
> don't think he can keep up! our next door garden is an overgrown
> wildernesse and a slug heaven, I have seriously never seen so many
> slugs! I can't use most types of slug killers for fear of them not
> being safe for the hedgehog. We have tried beer traps which are
> wonderful but still I am struggling. I have already lost my marigolds
> completely and the busy lizzies were fighting back but are clearly now
> really struggling.
>
> I want to replant my beds with something else, what can I use that
> slugs won't eat and can now be planted in mid July? I have some
> geraniums in a tub and they are doing handsomely and do not appear to
> have any slug damage. So I hoping to maybe plant some of these out with
> something else but I need some advise.
>
> Thank you for listening...
Welcome!
Look at this list of slug resistant plants.
<http://www.daytonnursery.com/tips/Slug%20Resistant%20Plants.htm>
Bill
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Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
Posted by Mrs Badger on July 16, 2008, 4:42 pm
> Welcome!
>
> Look at this list of slug resistant plants.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/55zasg
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Garden in shade zone 5 S Jersey USA
You're very kind, thank you. That list is really helpful! I shall head
off to the garden centre tomorrow and I will post back in a week or so
with the results!
Many thanks.
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Mrs Badger
Posted by Billy on July 16, 2008, 9:43 am
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> please bear with me. I hope I have posted this in the right place!
>
> I have a small garden and this year is the first year I have planted it
> out with anything at all. I love bedding plants and at my old house had
> good success with busy lizzies and petunias. I set about planting my
> beds with busy lizzies and marigold only to find that we have a very
> large population of slugs! We also have a resident hedgehog who I
> understand is excellent for keeping slugs down but there are so many I
> don't think he can keep up! our next door garden is an overgrown
> wildernesse and a slug heaven, I have seriously never seen so many
> slugs! I can't use most types of slug killers for fear of them not
> being safe for the hedgehog. We have tried beer traps which are
> wonderful but still I am struggling. I have already lost my marigolds
> completely and the busy lizzies were fighting back but are clearly now
> really struggling.
>
> I want to replant my beds with something else, what can I use that
> slugs won't eat and can now be planted in mid July? I have some
> geraniums in a tub and they are doing handsomely and do not appear to
> have any slug damage. So I hoping to maybe plant some of these out with
> something else but I need some advise.
>
> Thank you for listening...