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BoRED S2upid

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20,993 posts

264 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Hows best to kill these little blighters? Salt?

Ive noticed a few trails on the wooden floor by the patio doors, how they get in through a closed patio door I will never know but their time sliming along my floors are about to come to an end with the wisdom of PH's.

Mr GrimNasty

8,172 posts

194 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Slug pellets work remarkably well believe it or not! Some are OK with pets, but otherwise exclude etc.

AT

24,099 posts

218 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Wait until after a good rain shower and pick them off. Slug pellets work well.

GreenDog

2,261 posts

216 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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You should try and find out where they're coming from. Was watching 'Help my House is Falling Down', starring the once fit (now not so much so) Sarah Beeny and the punters in that complained of slugs in the house. Sure it was due to dampness under the house. [/Doom Merchant]
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MaxMX5

387 posts

179 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Well they dont like egg shells as they are sharp to crawl over. I personally use slug pellets and slug defence gel around my plants in the garden, however if I happen to see any, they get cut in half or thrown over the fence, depending on my mood and the state of my vegetables.

Toyowner

25,382 posts

245 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Nemaslug for guaranteed dead slugs.

Wings

5,935 posts

239 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Beer placed in a container level with the surface of the soil.

BoRED S2upid

Original Poster:

20,993 posts

264 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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GreenDog said:
You should try and find out where they're coming from. Was watching 'Help my House is Falling Down', starring the once fit (now not so much so) Sarah Beeny and the punters in that complained of slugs in the house. Sure it was due to dampness under the house. [/Doom Merchant]
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I saw that too. Im pretty sure I know where they are coming from ive built a deck outside the patio doors over the drain which is blocked with leaf litter DOH. So kill the slugs until ive got time to lift the deck and get all the crap out of the drain.

PigFilth

3,636 posts

225 months

Tuesday 12th July 2011
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Be careful with slug pellets though - pets can die a nasty painful death.

rolex

3,119 posts

282 months

Wednesday 13th July 2011
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Wings said:
Beer placed in a container level with the surface of the soil.
Okay during the daytime but in the evenings they get very rowdy.