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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: PJW_Letchworth on April 28, 2009, 18:59:51
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>:( Start of rant...
During the night, a rather fat snail decided it would be good idea to get into my mini greenhouse and have a feast on my cabbages, cauliflowers and broccoli seedlings. Now all I'm left with are substantially less leaves and plenty of stalks. Whoever invented snails and slugs should be smothered in lettuce leaves and thrown to the snails!
Rant over! ;D
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AMEN
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stop being so specieist!! they are a primary digester of plant material, and convert plant matter into humus. it's not their fault someone put some tasty food out for them!!
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If they're such great plant digesters, why is it that they never seem to gobble up our pernicious weeds, only our lovingly nurtured seedlings, hostas etc.? ???
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If they're such great plant digesters, why is it that they never seem to gobble up our pernicious weeds, only our lovingly nurtured seedlings, hostas etc.? ???
They do. It's just that we don't notice any 'missing' weeds. :)
G x
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If they're such great plant digesters, why is it that they never seem to gobble up our pernicious weeds, only our lovingly nurtured seedlings, hostas etc.? ???
They do. It's just that we don't notice any 'missing' weeds. :)
G x
HMMMM. The odd bit of grass maybe, but I've never picked a slug or snail off mare's tail, dandelions, bindweed or anything else that's hard to get rid of, have you? ???
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If you had these little beauties it'd be an offence to remove them! (Photo taken last night when I went Roman Snail hunting!)... these are clearly doing their bit to increase the population!
Now don't tell me they are not beautiful...
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g207/Big_Cheesus/Feb2009312.jpg)
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off with their heads!
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I just wish I could bring myself to eat them ;D
I like the idea of the garlic butter but prefer to eat prawns in it ::)
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Those bad boys are the size of golf balls...
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Hmm.... Now where's my 9 iron?
FORE ! :o
lol !
Disclaimer : Please note, no snails were hurt during this joke.
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LOL
;D ;D ;D
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Those bad boys are the size of golf balls...
Then a more satisfying crunch under my boot ;D
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They explode when you SHEEN THEM :o
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HMMMM. The odd bit of grass maybe, but I've never picked a slug or snail off mare's tail, dandelions,
They love Dandelions, you will always find slugs under the leaves... :)
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i also hate slugs n snails.
anyone use that nematode that is available?? is it worth it.
I have a dog so i am afraid of putting down slug pellets. are there dog friendly ones these days..
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i have taken to going on night patrols in the greenhouse. I dunno why they trek in there when there are so much weeds outside haha.
or maybe i just havent found there hiding place. though i am concerned that the compost bin has become a slug making factory as lots of baby slugs about.
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I find the fact they do so much damage in a really..... really..... slow..... way very sarcastic.
They're horrible slimy sarcastic gastropods of doom!
But they taste nice.
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eww. cant imagine eating them.. i tried once in a paella. didnt like em at all.
so i removed 14 slugs from greenhouse. I think there was less tonight due to the rain outside. I found about another ten outside the door. i guess they were on their way in.
I used to think they didnt like tomatoes but have few have eaten tomato stems. - hopefully the tomatoes will just root higher now( i covered the half eaten stem with soil ) .
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Just to clarify - you're looking at up to 6 months in prison for playing golf with the ones in the photo above... and I still think they're beautiful!
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Well Ollie - Yes that is a beautiful picture and there is a certain beauty about the snails in their passion! (Glad they aren't "at it" in my garden though!
I think if I had these in my garden I would cage them and then, when I had enough, sell them to the French - who are into conservation of this species!
O B
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and I still think they're beautiful!
THEY ARE UGLY
Duke
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Now don't tell me they are not beautiful...
They are, especially with garlic butter.
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AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH i had my own back on them last night for the past week or so they have been eating my lobillia and geraniums well yesterday i put loads of blue slug pellats down i came down this morning opened the front door and there was a complete deluge of dying slimey snails i collected all and placed in a plstic bag i counted 23 tied it up and went in the bin
well i had a smile on my face like you cant believe almost sodistic lol
thats what you get for your neighbour not looking after his garden the grass hasnt been cut for a while
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Hey Ollie!
You will suddenly find yourself in a Conservation Area - your garden will be listed as of scientific interest and you will have to get rid of your chooks in case they hurt those snails (mind you they may be too big for one - maybe two sharing!)
I have re-looked at the picture and they are faintly ghostly in appearance but I am getting to agree that they are beautiful (if you forget the gardening with them angle!) You seem to have a good camera for close ups - maybe that is your next career that you can start from home and get Annabell to help you!
O B
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They're about 10 miles away from my house and... I admit it, I wouldn't want them anywhere near me. Only stumbled across the colony last week, and went out again in the rain on Monday - there were literally hundreds of them, and that was without lifting any leaves.
I think they keep it a secret otherwise all the French restaurants would be out there but I'll give Surrey Wildlife Trust a call, in case it's a new colony...
I'd love to take good macro photo's OB... that was the best of about 10!
Here's one on his way to a Cowslip (which they appear to ignore!)
(http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g207/Big_Cheesus/Feb2009306.jpg)
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I must admit I looked at the picture and my first thought was how much better they would look with a little garlic and a few herbs! Lance
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I'd have my size ten's all over them, I really can't see the snail police knocking at my door. :o ;D ;D ;D
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I've called them up Kev, their rapid response unit will be with you in 12 years...
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Just to clarify - you're looking at up to 6 months in prison for playing golf with the ones in the photo above... and I still think they're beautiful!
Is that a joke?? Are they really protected like the destructive groundhog here?
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Just to clarify - you're looking at up to 6 months in prison for playing golf with the ones in the photo above... and I still think they're beautiful!
Is that a joke?? Are they really protected like the destructive groundhog here?
Just these ones (Roman Snails, also called Edible snails) - and the chances of you finding them in your garden are very remote - I had never seen them in the wild until last weekend. I doubt anyone on this forum has even had a nibble from one. Oh, and they're pretty fussy eaters too!
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We occasionally toss the odd snail onto the road in the hope that a car will..... perhaps tonight is time to restart the evening patrols...
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12 years Ollie :o they must be quicker responding round your way. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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We have a frog in our garden that sorts them out!
I couldn't tread on one though Yuk.