Topic: Slugs active

[MattD]

Hi all,

At the weekend I put a few beer traps out in the back garden for the slugs (made out of plastic punnets, nothing fancy).  So far I've done for about 40 of the blighters.  They're all pretty small ones - none of the really big ones seem to have overindulged .........yet.

My thinking is that if I get enough of them early enough they won't breed quite as quickly, then I can avoid using too many chemicals or having to chop them up by hand later in the season.

Anyway, in North London it seems warm enough for them to be out and about.  Tesco's value bitter seems to be a popular drink for mulluscs and I will be buying large quantities of it.

Matt

[saddad]

Yep they have no taste and much prefer the cheap beer... not even lager louts will drink...  :)

[Baccy Man]

I don't waste beer on slugs, they get the lees.

[saddad]

The slops, after measured by the pub are also very popular...  :)

[thifasmom]

I don't waste beer on slugs, they get the lees.

um what are lees ???

[Baccy Man]

Lees is an alternate word for sediment, the sludge at the bottom of the barrel when you make beer.

[Barnowl]

They don't seem that keen on Guinness, their St Patrick's day treat.

[thifasmom]

Lees is an alternate word for sediment, the sludge at the bottom of the barrel when you make beer.

thanks baccyman :)

[tim]

This was to have been our best year ever for Brassica - Wife demanded!

We have lost over 100 to Slugs - untouchable under the snow.

A dozen or so are just surviving. Virtually no WSB/PSB this year for the first time ever.

[saddad]

They don't seem that keen on Guinness, their St Patrick's day treat.

I take it back, they do have some taste then......  ::)

[Barnowl]

They don't seem that keen on Guinness, their St Patrick's day treat.

I take it back, they do have some taste then......  ::)

Agreed.I only use it for cooking - I wasn't going to give them my Budvar :)

[cornykev]

I use the slops from my local club.  :P    ;D ;D ;D