A shout out to Project Diaries. When using a beer trap, find two identical containers which fit inside each other (paper cups, used butter tubs, etc). Drill/pierce holes in one of the containers and place it inside the other one. Fill with beer. When you need to get rid of the dead slugs, simply lift out the inner container and let it drain into the other one. Toss the slugs into your compost heap and replace the holey container back into the other one.

@marksallotmentplot

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for mentioning that one Brian, sounds like a great idea. Will deffo be giving this a try 👍🌱👍

Previously, I did do a beer trap. The one I had was a cup that you pushed into the soil which contained the beer, and a sort of umbrella over it so it protected the cup from filling up with rain. One morning, I remember seeing one slug trail which went straight across my patio (literally 10 feet) making a bee-line for the trap. It did catch many slugs so I would do that again.

Nice one Mark. ♻️Happy gardening, Terry King.

@marksallotmentplot

18 күн бұрын

Thanks Terry 👍🌱👍

@terrykingsallotmentgardening

18 күн бұрын

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Hi Mark, brilliant video abput different techniques to combat those slugs! Will be interesting to see which one is the most effective. Thanks for sharing and take care 😊

@marksallotmentplot

17 күн бұрын

Thanks Christine. Hopefully have a bit of an update on how successful the different methods were soon 👍🌱👍

It will be interesting to see the results!

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

Will be keeping a close eye on things over the next couple of weeks. You never know I might even manage to grow a courgette 😂

Thanks for the mention as always happy gardening Richardx

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

Cheers Richard 👍🌱👍

I bought a beer trap to try but the amount of slugs and snails out there I am going to need a brewery of beer traps to deal with them this year. Do they work with snails or just slugs? I have more snails than I have ever seen and nematodes don't seem to work on them. I agree with you Mark I can imagine dealing with the yucky drowned slug mess afterwards is probably really gross 🤢🤢. And it they must be dealt with responsibly as I have read that hedgehogs can get very ill eating beery slugs poor little things.

The new pellets work best of they are scattered well away from the plants. They contain a lot of bran which attracts the slugs but they do not kill the slug for a long time - so you have enticed the slug onto your bed, he gets fed up with dried food and moves on to the lovely green juicy stuff to quench his thirst! I have stopped using slug nematodes after I found out that they do not kill snails - so you still have to deal with them anyway. Plus the nematodes kill all slugs, even the friendly ones. (only 8 of the 40 UK varieties like to eat live vegetation)

@terrykingsallotmentgardening

22 күн бұрын

Informative comment Steve, thank you.

Hopefully coffee shops don’t just on the gouge the gardener bandwagon and start charging us. I heard cinnamon and holly leaves once dry are lethal. Hope it works plants are being decimated, I even found 2 feasting on my dahlia babies 😢😢. Steve always said use less 👍👍. Have a fab week Mark, Ali 🌧️🌧️🇨🇦

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

I’m hoping at least one of the methods works 😋 Think I’ll give holly leaves a try as well. One of my neighbours has one that keeps growing over the fence and now I have something to do with the leaves the next time I give it a trim 👍🌱👍

Great tips Mark. I have bought some of those copper coated scoring pad rings to put around the stems of my pumpkins and courgettes when I plant them out this coming weekend. I’ll let you know if it works. Wish me luck. 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Lynne-plot35b-36b

14 күн бұрын

So far so good for the copper scouring pads Mark. 7/8 alive!!😂😂

@gaynorbowen241

7 күн бұрын

I use these too around my cabbage babies and so far so good until the cabbage white spy them 😢

Im like a slug chopping veg any updates on them?

They never chew on the Lady's mantle either and as I have understand it its because the leaves are furry. So spiky leaves sounds like a good natural defense. - Do you have to keep the leaves fresh? Does it still work when they start to dry out? Looking forward to see the conclusion. Hmm..🤔 I maybe have to start my own experiments. Thank you for the input👍🌱

Fantastisch Good video Mark you the best te moostiun te slakken koffie gruis thans te video good week friend 👍🌿🧤🌱⛅🥒🐌

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

Thanks Luc 👍🌱👍

Have you considered a small pond, it'll attract frogs and hedgehogs which both love slugs.

@marksallotmentplot

9 күн бұрын

Funny you should mention that!👍🌱👍 I've been thinking about putting a pond in recently and think I might have just the spot for it. Might be a project for the Winter time though when things are a little quieter

I used brambles to protect my cabbages and it seems to be working. I didn't chop them up though. I just surrounded my cabbage bed and the cabbages themselves with a couple of layers of brambles.

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

I hope it ends up working for me. At last something useful to do with those pesky brambles! 👍🌱👍

love the slug experiment intresting to see i use tea bags rather then coffee but do use coffee too hope they asll survive tho haha fingers crossed

I use slug collars until my plants are big enough not to be hurt by slugs. They really work and although you need to buy them initially you can use them again and again. I'm such a fan that I have 30 at home!

I use holly leaves which seem to be helping

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

One of my neighbours has a bit of an invasive holly bush that I keep cutting back. Think I’ll have to give that a try the next time I give it a trim 👍🌱👍

Top video mark te koffie Gruis van slakken thans te video Top week fried 👍🪴🌤🌱🐌

@marksallotmentplot

25 күн бұрын

Cheers Luc 👍🌱👍