My crocuses buds were eaten by slugs, what can I do without killing them?
How to get rid of slugs by not killing them?
Put them in your neighbor's yard. This works best if you don't actually like the person.
Reply:Place sawdust around your plants snails and slugs do not like crossing it as the saw dust sticks to them and also absorbs its slime . This will deter but not kill these pest.
Reply:You could try scrunched up newspaper and place it around the base and in between the buds. They hide in there! First thing in the morning simple remove the newspaper with the slugs inside. As for not killing them, you might need to think of a suitable home reloaction program.
Reply:Put out a small container of any kind or a very small aluminum pie dish and pour beer into it. The slugs will get into the beer and not your crocuses.
MJ
Reply:PMRA has a very large wealth of info on this topic. To save space, I'm going to refrain from pasting it below. You can see it all by clicking the source below.
Good luck against the slugs!
Reply:do you want a nonviolent way to rid slugs, without destroying your crocuses, in the process, right? Well, you can raise chickens and they can rid your garden of slugs.
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I like most garedeners and allotment holders ( I have two plots) suffer from slugs and snails in this damp weather and in fact now that the climate has changed we have the slug and snail problem all year round, recently a fellow gardener recommended a new device to control slugs and snails called the slugbell he has used it and found it to be brilliant at controling them I have just ordered 3 of them ,they state on there web page www.slugbell.com that they use both organic or normal pellets and that the small amount of pellets needed will last up to three months.!!! as they don’t desolve in the soil and they are pet safe Brilliant for pet owners well, I will let you know in my next blog how I get on as i will try anything to keep my garden and allotment looking how it should.
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