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Produce => Edible Plants => Chillies Ahoy => Topic started by: Squash64 on June 22, 2009, 18:11:00

Title: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
Post by: Squash64 on June 22, 2009, 18:11:00

My chillies are growing well, both inside the polytunnel and out on the plot.....but the flippin slugs and snails won't leave them alone!  Every day I find them munching their way through the leaves.  Between them and the whitefly I'll end up with leafless sticks!

Title: Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
Post by: saddad on June 25, 2009, 16:09:17

I'd feel a torchlight search coming on...  :'(

Title: Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
Post by: springbok on July 01, 2009, 22:47:15

Lost all my leaves to slugs too, whole lot gone :(

Title: Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
Post by: BrianK on July 01, 2009, 22:52:14

My cucumbers are in my greenhouse with the chillies.   Whilst I am picking out the male flowers I let the chookies roam and nibble.   First and juciest choice are the slugs.  They don't like the chillies for some reason  ;D

Title: Re: Slugs and snails are eating the leaves
Post by: mike77 on July 02, 2009, 08:00:58

chillies wont hurt the chooks if they eat them brian as far as i'm aware birds aren't affected by capsaicin so it might pay to watch they don't start nibbling away at them!!!