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Eric Hardy:

--- Quote from: bossgard on August 27, 2012, 06:50:04 PM ---
Snails and Slug Favorites:
Beets – Check behind leaves daily; sprinkle sawdust around the base of the plants.
Tomatoes – Snails will climb the stems and eat the fruit, create a barrier around each plant.
Cabbage – Take care when the heads are forming as slugs get in between the leaves; remove by hand.
Lettuce – Protect young seedlings, as they are particularly susceptible; use saucers of beer at night.
Annual Seedlings – Most young seedlings are attractive to snails and slugs; check daily for signs of infestations.
Hellebores – The foliage of these perennials can be stripped by slugs; protect with a mulch of lucerne(?) hay.
Petunias – These fast growers have succulent foliage than can be eaten rapidly; surround with barrier of sawdust.
Lupins – Snails and slugs feast on both foliage and flowers; remove manually or use barriers.

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I think you can add delphiniums to that list, they love ours  :(

Eric

roiphil:
last year we were literally inundated with slugs at night the back grass looked like it was moving in places and it was with slugs  :o, i have been considering getting some ducks to control them, going back to flower beds though in the uk we tried some stuff called coco shells think we got it from somewhere like b&q its the same as woodchip but apparently the slugs dont like crawling across it due to the sharp edges it seemed to work as the beds did not get slug attacked

NightHawk:
I think every garden should have a duck Phil - great idea  :D  You've certainly got the space for that option  ;)

Coco shells, or any kinds of shells / sharp surface materials are good.  The shells can also act as a decoration as well as functional.

Keep us updated with the method/s you choose and any success/failure you have.

Palustris:
There is one, if not two tine weeny problems with ducks. 1 Their great big flat feet and 2. They are dirty birds.
Our ducks flattened everything in their path when they walked round the garden. And they really need running water as they turn still water into green foul (pun intended) smelling sludge in no time at all.
There is no point having them penned if you want them to eat up the slugs, but they do not eat snails unless you crush the shells first.

roiphil:
keeping ducks is not a problem here when you have natural springs in the next field a duck will always find water, they would be good on grass areas not so sure in a veg or flower beds though i did read of some one using them in their veg beds as they did not want to use slug pellets with great results, and yes they are dirty birds leaving duck poop trails and they can soon turn a nice green bit of lawn into a muddy mess,

but all that said if you have the space for them to wander to different fields ideal, when we kept them before at the old place, they used to waddle across the field to get to the little river, then they would waddle back in the evening, they sort of knew when it was bed time  8)

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