Ask Mar

[Gravedigger]

Which one is Jack then.

[Soldier_Of_The_White_Army]

Which one is Jack then.

Ooooh dear Lord

[sluffy]

Mar, Why does nobody ever ask you anymore??

[Bruce Rioja]

Mar - Why are slug pellets always a hideous shade of bright blue? A colour completely incongruous to anything naturally occurring in the garden, they stand out and look awful. Why don't they come in green or brown or summat?

[Montreal Wanderer]

Mar - Why are slug pellets always a hideous shade of bright blue? A colour completely incongruous to anything naturally occurring in the garden, they stand out and look awful. Why don't they come in green or brown or summat?

So people don't eat them when picking up fallen gooseberries? Slugs are fatally attracted to the colour blue? Why didn't Mar answer Sluffy's question? So many questions, so few answers.

[Mar]

Mar, Why does nobody ever ask you anymore??

Didn't know this thread was still running thats why.

[Mar]

Mar - Why are slug pellets always a hideous shade of bright blue? A colour completely incongruous to anything naturally occurring in the garden, they stand out and look awful. Why don't they come in green or brown or summat?

So people don't eat them when picking up fallen gooseberries? Slugs are fatally attracted to the colour blue? Why didn't Mar answer Sluffy's question? So many questions, so few answers.

Thats what the experts want you to think. Its really more a case of them trying to terraform our planet into their own. They take the green and turn out the blue, there comes a time when you'll have to pick sides. Just watch out for those slimy gits!

[Bruce Rioja]

Thats what the experts want you to think. Its really more a case of them trying to terraform our planet into their own. They take the green and turn out the blue, there comes a time when you'll have to pick sides. Just watch out for those slimy gits!

Crikey! Anybody know where I can get some paving slabs from then? And quick!

[warthog]

Slug pellets are coloured blue to deter birds.

Other ways to get rid of slugs.

1. Pick them off by hand
2. Aluminum Sulphate, which is a white powder and comes in a container like Shake n Vac
3. Nematodes. These are parasites which kill slugs. They come in blocks which are dissolved in water.

I found out last week, by accident, that slugs are flammable. When ignited, they sizzle.

[CAPSLOCK]

Slug pellets are coloured blue to deter birds.

Other ways to get rid of slugs.

1. Pick them off by hand
2. Aluminum Sulphate, which is a white powder and comes in a container like Shake n Vac
3. Nematodes. These are parasites which kill slugs. They come in blocks which are dissolved in water.

I found out last week, by accident, that slugs are flammable. When ignited, they sizzle.

PUT A RING OF SALT AROUND THE HORRIBLE BSTARDS

THEN WATCH EM SIZZLE

[Little Green Man]

Slug pellets are coloured blue to deter birds.

Other ways to get rid of slugs.

1. Pick them off by hand
2. Aluminum Sulphate, which is a white powder and comes in a container like Shake n Vac
3. Nematodes. These are parasites which kill slugs. They come in blocks which are dissolved in water.

I found out last week, by accident, that slugs are flammable. When ignited, they sizzle.

PUT A RING OF SALT AROUND THE HORRIBLE BSTARDS

THEN WATCH EM SIZZLE

I tipped quite a bit of salt on a slug on one the other day. After about five minutes of fizzing the slug emerged from the frothy mess as if nothing had happened. They're changing, I tell ye...

[CAPSLOCK]

I tipped quite a bit of salt on a slug on one the other day. After about five minutes of fizzing the slug emerged from the frothy mess as if nothing had happened. They're changing, I tell ye...

NOW, THAT'S WORRYING

VERY WORRYING

[communistworkethic]

yeah and f*cking NASA already know anout it!!!!!!!!!!

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm/mr_content.html

[Little Green Man]

I tipped quite a bit of salt on a slug on one the other day. After about five minutes of fizzing the slug emerged from the frothy mess as if nothing had happened. They're changing, I tell ye...

NOW, THAT'S WORRYING

VERY WORRYING

It's alright for you - a shouty key too close to the Tab key for its own good - they'll eat me alive!

[Little Green Man]

yeah and f*cking NASA already know anout it!!!!!!!!!!

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm/mr_content.html

Sweet Jesus! We're doomed!

[CAPSLOCK]

I tipped quite a bit of salt on a slug on one the other day. After about five minutes of fizzing the slug emerged from the frothy mess as if nothing had happened. They're changing, I tell ye...

NOW, THAT'S WORRYING

VERY WORRYING

It's alright for you - a shouty key too close to the Tab key for its own good - they'll eat me alive!

[ratbert]

Two other slug-busting options:

Cucumber

Beer

I advocate the former, naturally

[CAPSLOCK]

Beer

I advocate the former, naturally

YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION

IS IT SUP LOADS THEN STAGGER AROUND THE GARDEN SQUASHING EM?

[warthog]

Beer

I advocate the former, naturally

YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION

IS IT SUP LOADS THEN STAGGER AROUND THE GARDEN SQUASHING EM?

You're supposed to embed an empty yoghurt pot or similar container in the garden and then fill it with beer. The theory is that the slug drinks the beer, gets pissed, falls in and drowns.

The ones in my garden drink the beer, survive and then invite their mates around for a piss up the night after. I hear them talking sometimes.

"It's great that warthog's garden. Loads to eat and free beer. We were fecking slimeless last night"

[Kylofski]

Get some frogs they love to eat slugs

Try this too

Nematodes

Nematodes have been used by commercial growers for over 10 years as an effective means of pest control. These products have been developed and are used underground to treat the source of the infestation before it reaches the surface. Nematodes are aggressive organisms which attack the slug by entering the body cavity and once inside they release bacteria which stops the slug from feeding and bringing about a quick death. The nematodes then carry on reproducing inside the dead slug and so a new generation is released to hunt down more slugs. Once the area is rid of the slugs the nematodes will die back to their natural numbers. Nematodes are totally safe to use on food crops, they are harmless to wildlife, birds, children and pets and as such assist wildlife like hedgehogs to combat pests without any risk.