Posted by old perennial on June 25, 2008, 12:17 pm
Read an Interesting article the other day about slug pellets. people
who use them are inclined to give it a bit more than it says on the
packet as they think it will o a better job - not so.
Slug pellets are a bait which should attract the slug and kill it. If
too many are laid down, they act as a repellent and drive them away,
probably to return again on a dark wet night when the pellets are less
effctive.
One should leave piles of pellets eitheras it has the same repelling
effect.
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old perennial
Posted by AriesVal on June 25, 2008, 5:14 pm
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:17:37 +0100, old perennial wrote:
> Read an Interesting article the other day about slug pellets. people
> who use them are inclined to give it a bit more than it says on the
> packet as they think it will o a better job - not so.
>
> Slug pellets are a bait which should attract the slug and kill it. If
> too many are laid down, they act as a repellent and drive them away,
> probably to return again on a dark wet night when the pellets are less
> effctive.
>
> One should leave piles of pellets eitheras it has the same repelling
> effect.
where did you read that information ?
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Posted by Pam Moore on June 25, 2008, 5:55 pm
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:17:37 +0100, old perennial
>Read an Interesting article the other day about slug pellets. people
>who use them are inclined to give it a bit more than it says on the
>packet as they think it will o a better job - not so.
>Slug pellets are a bait which should attract the slug and kill it. If
>too many are laid down, they act as a repellent and drive them away,
>probably to return again on a dark wet night when the pellets are less
>effctive.
>One should leave piles of pellets eitheras it has the same repelling
>effect.
Has anyone tried bran as bait? I tried it once. I put piles of it
round by the edges of the lawn and in the morning went out and removed
the slugs and snails which gathered there.
I'd forgotten about it, but someone on our allotments has put lines of
bran around various plants. I shall watch with interest.
I gather that the slugs like it but it makes them swell up and feel
very uncomfortable. I remember I bought the bran in Tesco.
Pam in Bristol
Posted by Ariadne on June 25, 2008, 7:08 pm
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:17:37 +0100, old perennial
> >Read an Interesting article the other day about slug pellets. people
> >who use them are inclined to give it a bit more than it says on the
> >packet as they think it will o a better job - not so.
> >Slug pellets are a bait which should attract the slug and kill it. If
> >too many are laid down, they act as a repellent and drive them away,
> >probably to return again on a dark wet night when the pellets are less
> >effctive.
> >One should leave piles of pellets eitheras it has the same repelling
> >effect.
> Has anyone tried bran as bait? I tried it once. I put piles of it
> round by the edges of the lawn and in the morning went out and removed
> the slugs and snails which gathered there.
> I'd forgotten about it, but someone on our allotments has put lines of
> bran around various plants. I shall watch with interest.
> I gather that the slugs like it but it makes them swell up and feel
> very uncomfortable. I remember I bought the bran in Tesco.
> Pam in Bristol
What did you do with them after removing them?
Posted by Des Higgins on June 26, 2008, 9:35 am
> > On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:17:37 +0100, old perennial
> > >Read an Interesting article the other day about slug pellets. people
> > >who use them are inclined to give it a bit more than it says on the
> > >packet as they think it will o a better job - not so.
> > >Slug pellets are a bait which should attract the slug and kill it. If
> > >too many are laid down, they act as a repellent and drive them away,
> > >probably to return again on a dark wet night when the pellets are less
> > >effctive.
> > >One should leave piles of pellets eitheras it has the same repelling
> > >effect.
> > Has anyone tried bran as bait? I tried it once. I put piles of it
> > round by the edges of the lawn and in the morning went out and removed
> > the slugs and snails which gathered there.
> > I'd forgotten about it, but someone on our allotments has put lines of
> > bran around various plants. I shall watch with interest.
> > I gather that the slugs like it but it makes them swell up and feel
> > very uncomfortable. I remember I bought the bran in Tesco.
> > Pam in Bristol
> What did you do with them after removing them?- Hide quoted text -
It is worth identifying parts of the garden that you do not mind
having slugs and snails in and then just throw them there as you find
them. Some people have a fetish about killing them. That is
pointless as there are so many, it will have no effect on numbers and
makes a mess. I fling them from up to 10 metres away (into rough
vegetation or hedge).
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> who use them are inclined to give it a bit more than it says on the
> packet as they think it will o a better job - not so.
>
> Slug pellets are a bait which should attract the slug and kill it. If
> too many are laid down, they act as a repellent and drive them away,
> probably to return again on a dark wet night when the pellets are less
> effctive.
>
> One should leave piles of pellets eitheras it has the same repelling
> effect.