Topic: Vaseline

[tim]

Bill Oddie last night??

Didn't know that it puts slugs off because of the taste!!

[Doris_Pinks]

Tim that whole slug bit made me smile!  I thought they just slid off it! :o   And watching them react to the copper was great  ;D

[Roy Bham UK]

Bill Oddie last night??

Didn't know that it puts slugs off because of the taste!!

 ;D Neither did I but thinking about it, Vaseline is oil based as is WD40, so maybe a smear of oil would do the trick also? ;D

[Merry Tiller]

Wher did he put it?  :o

[Rosa_Mundi]

Someone on the BBC board a little while ago was using a ring of vaseline mixed with salt around his pots. He then put slugs in the empty pot and put it in the sunshine, to give them a reason to want to get out. Apparently the vaseline/salt mix was the only thing they wouldn't cross - they did cross copper tape. Not tried it, but it sounds an interesting idea.

[tim]

WD40 is the recommended, cheaper treatment. But no good for porous surfaces like raised bed edges.  And, anyway, I have a huge tin of 'soft yellow paraffin' - which is at least 40 years old & needs using!

[aquilegia]

d**n. I thought it was because they couldn't get a grip to cross it.

And d**n because I was going to (eventually when I got round to it) use baby oil (which I'm alergic to - so have most of a bottle left somewhere).

I wish I'd remembered to watch Blodie. I missed every single one! ::)