I think snails….more than likely slugs have eaten my cabbage seedlings:(
I want to mix a brew from my kitchen to kill them……I won’t use snail bait of any kind and we don’t have beer.
I’ll use a margarine tub and would like to know what I can use to lure them and capture the little vandals.
Willing to go as far as to make a apple pie if this will get them:)
Lucky1 said:
I think snails….more than likely slugs have eaten my cabbage seedlings:(I want to mix a brew from my kitchen to kill them……I won’t use snail bait of any kind and we don’t have beer.
I’ll use a margarine tub and would like to know what I can use to lure them and capture the little vandals.
Willing to go as far as to make a apple pie if this will get them:)
I found some in upturned pots the other day and I also find them hiding under echeverias out the front. Other than sawdust around the brassicas to stop them crossing, I’m not sure Lucky.
I don’t get many out the back because I let the chooks out often, but obviously you can’t let them into the vege beds.
Lucky1 said:
I think snails….more than likely slugs have eaten my cabbage seedlings:(I want to mix a brew from my kitchen to kill them……I won’t use snail bait of any kind and we don’t have beer.
I’ll use a margarine tub and would like to know what I can use to lure them and capture the little vandals.
Willing to go as far as to make a apple pie if this will get them:)
I imagine anything in a deep margarine tub or any container with slippery sides that urges them to fall in will trap them in there. If it’s liquid then they will drown of course. What about some macerated lettuce leaves (I’d just pour oiling water over the leaves) then put them in the blender for a second or two. Slugs love lettuce don’t they? Fortunately I don’t have andy here……yet.
Whaddya mean you don’t have beer?
I’ve been to SA and i know they have beer.
Just buy a stubbie of Coopers ale. Put the lid back on and stick it back in the fridge if you don’t use it all.
Otherwise, use some vegemite in water with a little sugar.
I just made that up but it’s the same as beer, just cheaper and not as nice.
Slugs n snails won’t care.
No beer indeed. Hmmpf.
Next thing you’ll be tellin me yuz don’t have any jiggers!
Oh yeah vegemite.. thanks Longy.
And yeast Lucky.. you make bread so you gotta have yeast… a little in warm water and it will ferment to smell like beer.
Happy Potter said:
Oh yeah vegemite.. thanks Longy.And yeast Lucky.. you make bread so you gotta have yeast… a little in warm water and it will ferment to smell like beer.
Aint the vegemite the yeast bit HP?
Longy said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh yeah vegemite.. thanks Longy.And yeast Lucky.. you make bread so you gotta have yeast… a little in warm water and it will ferment to smell like beer.
Aint the vegemite the yeast bit HP?
Yes, but in case one has run out of vegemite…
I was going to suggest vegemite too. Or spraying the plants with strong, brewed, cooled coffee.
Happy Potter said:
Lucky1 said:
I think snails….more than likely slugs have eaten my cabbage seedlings:(I want to mix a brew from my kitchen to kill them……I won’t use snail bait of any kind and we don’t have beer.
I’ll use a margarine tub and would like to know what I can use to lure them and capture the little vandals.
Willing to go as far as to make a apple pie if this will get them:)
I found some in upturned pots the other day and I also find them hiding under echeverias out the front. Other than sawdust around the brassicas to stop them crossing, I’m not sure Lucky.
I don’t get many out the back because I let the chooks out often, but obviously you can’t let them into the vege beds.
I have started to let the ducks out into the large area of the garden….when I am outside. They are having a ball:)
But this will come to an end …..as I am starting to put plants in again for spring/summer harvests.
pomolo said:
Lucky1 said:
I think snails….more than likely slugs have eaten my cabbage seedlings:(I want to mix a brew from my kitchen to kill them……I won’t use snail bait of any kind and we don’t have beer.
I’ll use a margarine tub and would like to know what I can use to lure them and capture the little vandals.
Willing to go as far as to make a apple pie if this will get them:)
I imagine anything in a deep margarine tub or any container with slippery sides that urges them to fall in will trap them in there. If it’s liquid then they will drown of course. What about some macerated lettuce leaves (I’d just pour oiling water over the leaves) then put them in the blender for a second or two. Slugs love lettuce don’t they? Fortunately I don’t have andy here……yet.
That is a good idea…….. I’ll see if the bunnies will donate a lettuce leaf towards it…..
Longy said:
Whaddya mean you don’t have beer?
I’ve been to SA and i know they have beer.
Just buy a stubbie of Coopers ale. Put the lid back on and stick it back in the fridge if you don’t use it all.
Otherwise, use some vegemite in water with a little sugar.
I just made that up but it’s the same as beer, just cheaper and not as nice.
Slugs n snails won’t care.
No beer indeed. Hmmpf.
Next thing you’ll be tellin me yuz don’t have any jiggers!
We got given some beer back when the wedding was on…gave that to Jimbob as we don’t drink it. Didn’t think of the blasted slugs though.
Wonder if they would like some Bundy rum or some sweet sherry I use for cooking/???? No diet coke though….thats more precious than diamonds here….lol
Happy Potter said:
Oh yeah vegemite.. thanks Longy.And yeast Lucky.. you make bread so you gotta have yeast… a little in warm water and it will ferment to smell like beer.
Yeast it is……..
Happy Potter said:
Longy said:
Happy Potter said:
Oh yeah vegemite.. thanks Longy.And yeast Lucky.. you make bread so you gotta have yeast… a little in warm water and it will ferment to smell like beer.
Aint the vegemite the yeast bit HP?
Yes, but in case one has run out of vegemite…
I’ll pop a few around the place and use different foodies for different food pallets.
bluegreen said:
I was going to suggest vegemite too. Or spraying the plants with strong, brewed, cooled coffee.
I’d have to pry that from the elf’s cold dead hands first…..ROTFL
OK, beer can be stale so it doesn’t have to be fresh. You can collect leftovers from visitors beer if they do drink beer at your place.
I find that a coffee cup with dregs in it of coffee/milk/sugar, will attract slugs and snails. Remember that snails can float to the sides and climb out.. liquid traps like beer etc, will drown slugs but not snails.The red snail bait made by multigrow(from memory) is chelated iron so isn’t toxic to pets or children and is a soil improver.
Catching snails and dropping them in a bucket of salt is more effective than trying to get them to drown in beer.
The most effective way to rid yourself of the common garden snails is to remove plants that encourage them such as the many bulbs. Alternatively, if you want to keep your Aggies, then check them regularly and hand remove all the snails. Clean places where snails might hibernate regularly. Failing all of that, move to a desert. I found that simply by not watering other than by trickling hose combined with the extended drought, I have not a single garden snail left. Just white shells. This is in a garden that in the eighties, my daughter could pick 300 snails up in a sq m.
My problem now relates to slugs and the imported white Italian snail, which is tougher than your average snail.
roughbarked said:
OK, beer can be stale so it doesn’t have to be fresh. You can collect leftovers from visitors beer if they do drink beer at your place. I find that a coffee cup with dregs in it of coffee/milk/sugar, will attract slugs and snails. Remember that snails can float to the sides and climb out.. liquid traps like beer etc, will drown slugs but not snails.The red snail bait made by multigrow(from memory) is chelated iron so isn’t toxic to pets or children and is a soil improver.
Catching snails and dropping them in a bucket of salt is more effective than trying to get them to drown in beer.
The most effective way to rid yourself of the common garden snails is to remove plants that encourage them such as the many bulbs. Alternatively, if you want to keep your Aggies, then check them regularly and hand remove all the snails. Clean places where snails might hibernate regularly. Failing all of that, move to a desert. I found that simply by not watering other than by trickling hose combined with the extended drought, I have not a single garden snail left. Just white shells. This is in a garden that in the eighties, my daughter could pick 300 snails up in a sq m.
My problem now relates to slugs and the imported white Italian snail, which is tougher than your average snail.
Snails do not seem to present themselves as a problem up here. The few tropical snails we have are humongous and are found in the rainforest. To dry down here.
And I don’t have Aggies in my garden. Although I do have a Crinum so I may look between his leaves later…
roughbarked said:
OK, beer can be stale so it doesn’t have to be fresh. You can collect leftovers from visitors beer if they do drink beer at your place. I find that a coffee cup with dregs in it of coffee/milk/sugar, will attract slugs and snails. Remember that snails can float to the sides and climb out.. liquid traps like beer etc, will drown slugs but not snails.The red snail bait made by multigrow(from memory) is chelated iron so isn’t toxic to pets or children and is a soil improver.
Catching snails and dropping them in a bucket of salt is more effective than trying to get them to drown in beer.
The most effective way to rid yourself of the common garden snails is to remove plants that encourage them such as the many bulbs. Alternatively, if you want to keep your Aggies, then check them regularly and hand remove all the snails. Clean places where snails might hibernate regularly. Failing all of that, move to a desert. I found that simply by not watering other than by trickling hose combined with the extended drought, I have not a single garden snail left. Just white shells. This is in a garden that in the eighties, my daughter could pick 300 snails up in a sq m.
My problem now relates to slugs and the imported white Italian snail, which is tougher than your average snail.
Good post, RoughBarked…
roughbarked said:
OK, beer can be stale so it doesn’t have to be fresh. You can collect leftovers from visitors beer if they do drink beer at your place. I find that a coffee cup with dregs in it of coffee/milk/sugar, will attract slugs and snails. Remember that snails can float to the sides and climb out.. liquid traps like beer etc, will drown slugs but not snails.The red snail bait made by multigrow(from memory) is chelated iron so isn’t toxic to pets or children and is a soil improver.
Catching snails and dropping them in a bucket of salt is more effective than trying to get them to drown in beer.
The most effective way to rid yourself of the common garden snails is to remove plants that encourage them such as the many bulbs. Alternatively, if you want to keep your Aggies, then check them regularly and hand remove all the snails. Clean places where snails might hibernate regularly. Failing all of that, move to a desert. I found that simply by not watering other than by trickling hose combined with the extended drought, I have not a single garden snail left. Just white shells. This is in a garden that in the eighties, my daughter could pick 300 snails up in a sq m.
My problem now relates to slugs and the imported white Italian snail, which is tougher than your average snail.
Thanks RB……. Going to see if I can buy a beer or get a freebie from my brother today.
The old trick of cutting half a grapefruit, eating it and using the domed skin shell to catch slugs under.. pick up and turn over, sprinkle with salt..
A friend of mine used to run the broom handle along under fence rails and the like, as well as cleaning through clumps of bulbs and the like, during the hibernation time for snails.
Just regular lifting of pots and boxes etc. will usually find the culprits that eat your goodies while you sleep. As an orchid grower that was the first job each dawn, to lift and examine every pot.