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Swervin_Mervin said:
Anyone have any solid recommendations for slug and snail control beyond just nighttime sweeps of the area? They're mullering so much at the moment.
Never had any luck with egg shells or coffee grounds nor, more recently, wool matting. I'm loathe to go down the pellets route so there don't seem to be many options other than possibly nematodes?
Copper. snails and slugs supposedly will not cross it.Never had any luck with egg shells or coffee grounds nor, more recently, wool matting. I'm loathe to go down the pellets route so there don't seem to be many options other than possibly nematodes?
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RichB said:
Did a bit of pruning this morning, still much more to do! This pile will go through the mulcher/chipper then into the compost for use next year.
More pruning of the rhododendrons today. Filled a dumpy bag with that last session, once it went through my mulcher/chipper. It's cooking away nicely now. I'll have to get another dumpy bag because I'll easily fill another. Plus I've already got 3 compost bays on the go. Still, my wife says she'll use it all so I produce as much as I can! mcelliott said:
That's stunning Mcelliot.How much management do you have to do to keep the meadow looking that good?
I ask as we have a c30sqm area at the bottom of our garden that we wildflower turfed about 5-6years ago and it has tended towards the grasses taking over. I actually sowed some yellow rattle last year in a bid to start tackling the grassess, with some success, but I think it's going to take a couple of years of continual sowing to get to a point where the grasses are suitably subdued. Plan this year is to sow more yellow rattle, but also some cornflowers and poppies.
It also has a habit of all keeling over around mid-June so goes from looking great to terrible fairly quickly!
Swervin_Mervin said:
mcelliott said:
That's stunning Mcelliot.How much management do you have to do to keep the meadow looking that good?
I ask as we have a c30sqm area at the bottom of our garden that we wildflower turfed about 5-6years ago and it has tended towards the grasses taking over. I actually sowed some yellow rattle last year in a bid to start tackling the grassess, with some success, but I think it's going to take a couple of years of continual sowing to get to a point where the grasses are suitably subdued. Plan this year is to sow more yellow rattle, but also some cornflowers and poppies.
It also has a habit of all keeling over around mid-June so goes from looking great to terrible fairly quickly!
Edited by mcelliott on Thursday 13th July 13:37
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