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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,918
    Copper tape aquired, will see how it goes. Ta all
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    Personally, I get a possee round, all hooded up with baseball bats and wait for the bastards. Then, when they show up, let 'em have it!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,939
    Had the same problem at my old house about 8 or 9 years ago. Would come downstairs in the morning and two or three times a week there was a silver trail all around the kitchen tiles. Used to do my nut in as I couldn't work out how they were getting in.

    Came home late one night and managed to catch one of the bastards making a dash for it - he was halfway under the tiniest gap between the floor and the units under the sink.

    Realised then that they weren't getting in - they were already in. If they are then putting stuff around the door wont solve anything. Check for gaps at the bottom of your units - even the smallest - and id you've got some then sling a few pellets into them.

    Me, I used to keep setting the alarm for three in the morning and would rush down to try and surprise them. More fun that way.
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 3,001
    Our cat brings them in!
  • aylesfordaddick
    aylesfordaddick Posts: 264
    get yourself a pet hedgehog they love slugs
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    PL54 said:

    Buy a hedgehog and a few toads

  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    Thought this was about slags.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,645
    I get hundreds on the grass from around 6-7pm onwards, same as AFKA i'm woried about putting slug pellets down as I have a 16 month old boy. Would it be safe to put some pellets down and let him play in the garden after a few days or would it have to be longer.
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,574
    Seaweed mate.When you are at the coast next,load up a couple of bags of it.Spread it on the garden and bingo.It acts as a compost as well.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,680
    Nicholas said:

    I get hundreds on the grass from around 6-7pm onwards, same as AFKA i'm woried about putting slug pellets down as I have a 16 month old boy. Would it be safe to put some pellets down and let him play in the garden after a few days or would it have to be longer.

    not a good idea, kids love putting anything in thier mouth.

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  • moleo88
    moleo88 Posts: 303
    I've always had this crazy idea that slugs and snails are mortal enemies. Maybe put a few snails on 'guard' by the door, they can't get in because of their shells and they'll scare off the slugs........

    I'll get me coat.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    edited September 2012
    It's true mole they fight to the death just takes a fair while I arm my snails with tooth pick swords and 1 penny shields

    The slugs however get arms from the middle east and seem to have WMD's

  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,736
    While on the subject of slugs and snails, I went to a couples fancy dress party the other day dressed as a snail.


    I got to the door and the bouncer told me to go home as I was on my own. I said 'what you talking about, I'm with michelle'.

    Meh meh
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    Nicholas said:

    I get hundreds on the grass from around 6-7pm onwards, same as AFKA i'm woried about putting slug pellets down as I have a 16 month old boy. Would it be safe to put some pellets down and let him play in the garden after a few days or would it have to be longer.

    I'd check what is says on the packet rather than anything a load of sarcastic Charlton supporters say.

  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,675
    If your going to use slug pellets and your worried about kids or pets use the blue ones by Growing Success , which acts on dehydration principles rather than poison.

    http://www.william-sinclair.co.uk/gardening/products/controlproducts
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,645
    edited September 2012
    PL54 said:

    Nicholas said:

    I get hundreds on the grass from around 6-7pm onwards, same as AFKA i'm woried about putting slug pellets down as I have a 16 month old boy. Would it be safe to put some pellets down and let him play in the garden after a few days or would it have to be longer.

    I'd check what is says on the packet rather than anything a load of sarcastic Charlton supporters say.

    Mendonca In Asdas said:

    If your going to use slug pellets and your worried about kids or pets use the blue ones by Growing Success , which acts on dehydration principles rather than poison.

    http://www.william-sinclair.co.uk/gardening/products/controlproducts


    Cheers fellas looks like a trip to homebase is on the cards.

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,935
    What did the slug say to the snail?

    Big Issue.
  • Paolo47
    Paolo47 Posts: 106
    Thought this was a thread about Palarse :-)
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Lifted the lid and fired up my BBQ yesterday to warm up the coals before I started cooking, after a couple of minutes movement in the corner of my eye caught my attention and when I looked there were 2 dirty fat slugs trying to get away from the heat at the back.

    And before you ask no I did not cook them and serve them up to my unsuspecting family, I flicked them off the back and over my neighbours fence.



  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,438
    O-Randy-Hunt said:

    While on the subject of slugs and snails, I went to a couples fancy dress party the other day dressed as a snail.


    I got to the door and the bouncer told me to go home as I was on my own. I said 'what you talking about, I'm with michelle'.

    Meh meh

    I saw a snail the other day and he was going so slow I thought I'd see if I could 'tune him up' a bit. So I removed his shell to see if that would make him go faster but it just seemed to make him more sluggish.

    gets coat

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