Question

I think slugs and snails in my garden have body armour  I have copper slug tape around my pots and crushed egg shells in the pots and still my plants are being eaten  What else can I try please? x

Answer 1

The slug and snail pellets work from poundshop

Comments

@shericesheridan69 now't wrong with that! We still have family and friends in Newcastle, we usually stay with them a couple of times a year, planned around a match or two at SJP and a bit of primark shopping for me and metro centre exploration with a Wetherspoons pit stop along the way. living our best lives!  

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@agapanthus7965 ooh give me primark Northumberland street any time bloody hate the metro centre and Wetherspoons i love cheap and cheerful where in Newcastle do your friends live

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@shericesheridan69 yeah, my sentiment exactly! They live in Fenham and Kenton, we usually go and stay two to three times a year but haven't managed it this year. Missing my Geordie fix!  

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@agapanthus7965 aww we just live down the road in newbiggin hall and plenty time next year when all of this shit is over and done with you take care and stay safe and thanks for the tip of salty egg shells x

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@shericesheridan69 know it well, love it there too! Stay safe too and good luck with those beasties! xXx

Answer 2

Have you tried a beer pot. Worked in my mum and dad's garden.  

Comments

@putup92 oh really? I shall make some today! Thanks x

Answer 3

Put horticultural grit around base of the plants. It's too rough for them to get over. I used to get loads of slugs eating my hosta but haven't had a single 1 yet.  

Comments

@uncinus525 where could I get grit from please? B&Q? x

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@uncinus525 brill thanks! x

Answer 4

Ive used sports markers and so far not a single slug and i know they have been around as left their trails. if plants too big to go thru hole cut it and peg back together

Comments

@illicit oooo that’s interesting! x

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@deel8083 yes i thought it could work as they cant slime upside down

Answer 5

Agree with @uncinus525 , horticultural grit does the job. I gave also used porridge oats as an alternative

Comments

@knightly36615 where can I get the grit from please? B&Q? x

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@deel8083 , possibly but I’d try garden centres too. I was at our B&Q this morning and they had hardly anything like that in their garden section x

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@knightly36615 ah ok, I love that garden centres are open lol! Thanks  x

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@deel8083 , like I say the other alternative is porridge oats to tide you over x

Answer 6

Coffee grounds?  

Answer 7

Slugs can lay eggs in the soil in plant pots, which makes it look like copper tape doesn't work, they're already on the inside.  

Answer 8

Nematodes. easy , safe, harmless to other wildlife . sorted out our infestation literally overnight

Answer 9

You can get wool pellets. Please gardeners no chemicals! X