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Neil can we please see some pics for a visual aid, pretty please :-*

Sorry, not had a chance to do pics.

I experimented with the milk bottles but have not found the right place to cut them to avoid the gap of the handle.

A coke(or simular) bottle with holes in the lid and cut in half with the top half turned upside down and placed inside the bottom half should work the same (the same as a self watering plant pot).
Just make sure the holes in the lid are big enough or it will takes ages to drain the beer.

Neil

I freely admit that the only thing that I get success from is slug pellets.

Has anyone had much success with nematodes, especially on clay soils? They're quite expensive, but if they work effectively I'm prepared to give them a go rather than wasting good - or even not-so-good - beer on the slimy beasts.

Hi have a read of this .....

http://www.slugoff.co.uk/slug-solutions/killing-slugs/beer-trap.html

I have used this method ( see the picture of the green bottle with the top third inverted) It works quite well.  If you use a square bottle you dont have to fully bury the bottle if you dont want to. You can angle the bottle on the soil by removing some of the soil underneath the bottle so that the top part is lying on the soil. Hope this makes sense.

Duke :)

I use nematodes on my heavy clay Hopalong... the trick is to keep the soil surface moist, so the little blighters can get in without the soil capping... eg cover with fleece...
Cumulative effect, the first lottie I used it on is now virtually free of the little black ..... but still gets wanderers from adjoining plots... :-\

Quote from: saddad on March 04, 2009, 15:06:39
I use nematodes on my heavy clay Hopalong... the trick is to keep the soil surface moist, so the little blighters can get in without the soil capping... eg cover with fleece...
Cumulative effect, the first lottie I used it on is now virtually free of the little black ..... but still gets wanderers from adjoining plots... :-\

Thanks saddad.  I'll give it a try.

I think I mentioned last year - my neighbour picks up the slugs & snails and throws them into the middle of the road.  He says if they make it back...... they can stay ;D ;D

Hopalong i use the nematodes on heavy clay as well, they are brilliant.
I mulch every where and have not much of a prblem with them.

lbb