My garden is slug and snail city central.

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Permalink Reply by Martha on March 26, 2008 at 15:15

The weather recently put me off too! I tried the copper tape last year and it was successful for a couple of months (bought at Homebase). Also beware of your fingers - the tape can unstick and the sharp edges can protrude giving nasty sharp cuts!!
I have/had a beautiful hosta which they devoured in a couple of days (whilst I was away), seems to be growing again.

We have just had new fences put up on either side and the garden's looking very bare - here's hoping for some good weather.

Anyone else have a slug/snail cures?

Permalink Reply by finsburypark on March 31, 2008 at 22:58

Easy, use beer.

Put some beer in a small food container, plastic one, on the ground where you see the slugs/snails eating flower or leaves. In one or two days you'll see the container full of dead (for binge driking) slugs/snails.

I'm currently using the beer to protect primroses and I usually do to protect my strawberries.

Permalink Reply by Alison P on April 1, 2008 at 22:21

Delicate question FP - what do you do with the delightful contents of your container? Compost? Haringey food recycling box?? Buried in your garden? Am honestly (and sadly) interested!

Permalink Reply by finsburypark on April 3, 2008 at 21:20

Compost. All organic.

Permalink Reply by finsburypark on July 31, 2008 at 18:42

I gave up with beer outside the strawberries because simply there were too many. I switched to "bio-killer" to reduce the population... draconian remedy.

Permalink Reply by Alison P on July 31, 2008 at 20:43

My attempts with beer weren't that successful either. Squashing or those organic pellets - seem to be the only things that work.

Permalink Reply by finsburypark on August 3, 2008 at 21:44

I should feel guilty somehow, Romans imported the "nice friends" because it was considered "gourmet food". Couldn't they bring over something else, I don't know... just wine?

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