Topic: how to kill snails pain free

[Aussie Chick]

I thought Coffee was good for getting rid of slugs???

[Debs]

Beer traps would be my second prefered option

( first one would be to squash the little b*s*a*d* underfoot!!! )

At least if they're p*ssed they wouldn't / couldn't care...

Debs ( I love snails me -  NOT !! )

[dingerbell]

Waste good beer on slugs!! Outrageous :o
I go out at night with a torch and my trusty blow torch. The smell of seared flesh...can't beat it. I'm sure the birds prefer their slugs slightly roasted, like having flavoured crisps instead of plain ones ;D

[redimp]

Waste good beer on slugs!! Outrageous :o

Tescos Value Bitter, 2.5ish% and 90p for four cans - think again.  They drink what I refuse to drink.

[Shoyu]

I just bought our slugs some Bud. The local shop was selling off old bottles - OH is disgusted!!

[Doris_Pinks]

Mine don't like Bud!! They prefer the cheapest bitter from the local offie! ;D

[Icyberjunkie]

Have an untidy plot!!   Slugs 'n' snails like damp, cover and hidy holes so if you leave long grass, wood piles etc around the plot they will prefer that.    As an added bonus give them a larder by planting cheap seed you don't worry about losing for the slugs to munch.   Can be anything you like.  Not totally effective but does work and is about as humane as you can get.  Will also help encourage the predating wildlife so you gain all ways - oh,  and you get to drink the bud!!   Success all round  ;D

[redimp]

I just bought our slugs some Bud. The local shop was selling off old bottles - OH is disgusted!!

Wish mine liked (American) Bud - not fit for human consumption that stuff.

[Doris_Pinks]

BUT.......why won't they eat my weeds?????!!!!  Plentiful and succulent  ;D

[Shoyu]

Aha! But if they ate your weeds then they probably wouldn't just appear and you'd have to buy them at an astronomical fee from a slug farmer!  ;D

[Doris_Pinks]

Hehehehehe

[Trillium]

How much time we gardeners spend dealing with slugs.  And the ethics of it all too..

I go for:

- beer traps (suicide by beer can't be wrong)
- collect them up a, put them in a bag and put them in the wheelie bin.  If they survive the bin man they'll help out at the dump
- a pond - but the only thing more annoying than finding a slug under a stone is finding a frog sitting quietly next to it.  Know your place! Eat the slug!
- resignation.  If my lettuces get eaten I won't starve.

Trillium

[Robert_Brenchley]

My favourite execution method (I have the death penalty for being a slug) is to put them on the concrete path and stamp, hard. Bits of slug spatter in all directions and they get a free ride straight to slug hell. I hope it's hot.

[Pegmumm]

I set out a beer trap next to the house... but the slugs and snails don't seem to be getting far enough to enjoy the beer. We have raccoons and possums roaming here at night eating dry catfood and have been supplementing their diets with escargo. Beats putting out slugbait.
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[Lizard Man]

Three cheers for Red Clanger - B*d is a rude word in my house!

My ma used to collect the slugs at night and flush them down the outside loo. Snails were exempt from this cruel treatment though. Not sure how painful this was for the slimies.

Throwing the slugs and snails over the fence / onto your neighbouring lottie plot is a waste a time as they do return, and killing any creature is barbaric. So as a compromise, get out a pair of scissors and cut off their eyes. Then throw them onto someone else's plot / garden. That's got to work, surely.  ;D ::) :P