Re: Slug prevention/fingers crossed.

Hi Losos I started collecting slugs about a month ago and began by collected about half a bucket of slugs per night, the number has gradually diminished.
Last night although it had been raining I could only find two of the big slugs of the kind I usually find but there were lots of tiny white ones I don't normally see.

The plastic bottle defences are working well but I did find one tiny white slug within a bottle, it must have crept up through the soil at the bottom.

I also found two full grown caterpillars on the broccoli , I am sure they didn't hatch there and must have crept in through the netting

Re: Slug prevention/fingers crossed.

I tried nemaslug this autumn on my allotment and will try it again in the spring. I think it made a slight difference and maybe after a couple of sprays it will decrease the population.

Here's hoping!

Re: Slug prevention/fingers crossed.

Hi PP just looked up nemaslug and is quite expensive, only works for six weeks and isn't so effective on clay soil.

Happy to report my plastic bottles with a frill on top are working very well and cost nothing I have put little circles of black ground cover fabric in the bottom to stop the slugs creeping up the plants from the bottom.

I now have a lovely slug free crop of purple sprouting broccoli ready to cut in the spring

Re: Slug prevention/fingers crossed.

Salt is really good as long as it don't rain.

On a lighter note, . . I'd like to throw a ton of it in the house of commons, . . . it's crawling with slugs in there.

Re: Slug prevention/fingers crossed.

You are right, it is a bit expensive. My older brother says if you feed the dead slugs to your hens, the nematodes are recycled through their dropings which if you use as fertiliser sets up a cycle of more slug killers in the soil. I don't know how true this is and I guess it is dependent on you having hens.

I will probably go with your idea though, as I wanted my allotment to be 'money light' ie not spending on anything I don't need to.

Thanks for the advice