tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post7643279766727167588..comments2024-03-29T09:16:57.326-06:00Comments on NORTHSIDER : Slugs And Snails. (More Polytunnel Tales)northsider http://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-40649960049926491362014-04-03T11:36:28.587-06:002014-04-03T11:36:28.587-06:00Thanks for that Cumbrian. I have often placed jam...Thanks for that Cumbrian. I have often placed jam jars (slug pubs) in the ground full of beer or pop with a stick across to stop any helpful garden beetles dropping in and drowning. I have even been known to look for slugs and snails with a torch at night. Looking under planks and stones and the leaves of vegetables. <br /><br />You can get copper barrier tapes which you place around your veg plant pots and the copper releases an electric charge to the snails or slugs. The Sluggo pellets claim to be harmless to pets and birds. <br /><br />We made a windbreak and timber door for ventilation and we fasten it with some string to stop any cabbage whites, mice or snails (they came through the soil) entering the polytunnel. <br /><br />I have quite a few failed bottles of home brew to place in slug pubs if the slug pellets don't work. <br /><br />Great to read your growing some veg Cumbrian. <br /><br />Cattle strip grazing the Kale today. Will post pictures tomorrow or Saturday. Gone very cold and more rain to come before Dawn. <br /><br />Thanks!northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577767911269302322.post-22485984243307549332014-04-03T10:29:22.576-06:002014-04-03T10:29:22.576-06:00Slugs are something I've never managed to win ...Slugs are something I've never managed to win against, however many you kill there seems to be an endless supply from somewhere to replace them.<br />I've never favoured slug pellets, or any sort of poison, my attitude is that once you put it down it's impossible to know what creatures are going to take it. So this Sluggo might be acceptable, presumably it doesn't affect other things.<br />Most success I had was with "slug pubs" made of yogurt pots buried level with the ground and covered with a piece of slate set on a few pebbles to let the little horrors in and keep the rain out. Put some beer slops in there, a good use for failed homebrew maybe, and empty all the drowned bodies out next day. First time I heard this I thought I was getting a wind-up, but it worked beautifully. Be interesting to try a couple in the bath and see how effective they are.<br /><br />Just bought a grow-bag to fill my patio decking planters up, they get half full of leaves then topped with a few inches of compost, a few broad beans and peas to put in, spring onions and radish.<br /><br />Getting a bit warmer here, still a cool breeze, but a bit of sun and brighter skies.<br /><br />Raggy cat spending more time outside, sits on the decking admiring its little empire.cumbrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047500383078884463noreply@blogger.com