Has anyone had any success with using nematodes against slugs? I bought two packs, one for the garden, one for the allotment, hopeful that it would overcome the massive slug problem without risk or injury to wildlife.
However, apart from a few sickly looking slugs wandering around in the middle of the day about a week after I watered it in, it doesn't seem to have provided the "6 weeks protection" I thought I was buying. One point I discovered on reading the packet is the implication that the soil needs to be kept damp, presumably to keep the nematodes alive. It suggests to me that they are actually best in a commercial greenhouse environment, for intentive growing of lettuces or something and not really suited to gardens and allotments.
I'm now spending every evening doing a manual and rather disgusting slug clearance. I wish I'd invested the considerable amount the nematodes cost in tesco value bitter, which the slugs seem to enjoy in fatal quantities. I'm also on the lookout for a trained hedgehog, but have so far met with no luck.
Matt