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Kitty
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07/03/2007
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Can we have a gardening website? I have decided to have a vegetable patch this year and the tomatoe and broad beans have already been sown and are coming up. The compost is looking great and I can't wait for the runner beans, courgettes, cut and come again spinach, radishes and onions! It would be great to have a forum to discuss things as I know I will have loads of unanswered questions soon...
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Debs
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 00:17
Hello Kitty! What a good idea! I would love to have a place to go for gardening advice. I will soon be embarking on my first English garden and will no doubt need to read up on it...and ask many questions. However....I want to start with flowers. Is it too late to plant lilly & glad bulbs for the summer?
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 07:20
What a good idea! You've opened the topic, get posting. here's a question for you..... apart from hedgehogs and frogs, is there an acceptable way to kill slugs that doesn't involve metaldehyde pellets?
Stanley Challenger Graham
Barlick View
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Callunna
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 08:26
Never tried it, but it's often suggested that you sink a container into the ground and fill it half full with beer.The slugs make a beeline for it, drink themselves into oblivion, and everyone is happy. I should think you'd need to dispose of the bodies carefully - if left out for birds, they might get inebriated too. I'd hate to see a blackbird get done for drunk flying. |
Sues
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 10:31
I have tried the beer method for slugs it did work but other things crawl in beetles worms even Ladybirds. The other thing that worked quite well was Gravel they dont like to crawl over it .
Has anyone else got any tips I even get slugs and snails in the Greenhouse nice place for them to have their nursery!!!!!
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Callunna
Revolving Grey Blob
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 11:16
I've often considered developing a sort of tape or string which is impregnated with salt and sharp sand, which the little beggers don't like crossing. The gardener could buy it in reels and place it round veg patches etc. It would be quite unobtrusive and eco-friendly, and easy to remove when not needed. Any millionaires out there who would like to invest in the R&D? |
Ringo
Site Administrator
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 12:04
Get yourself on 'Dragons Den' , they seem to have plenty of cash to throw about.
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Ringo
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 12:10
I have created a 'Gardening' section in the 'Hobbies' forum and I have moved this topic into it.
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belle
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 23:59
Dry out egg shells on a radiator or Aga, then crunch them up and sprinkle them round the veg you want to protect, Slugs don't like crawling over them and they are eco friendly. I really miss the veg garden I had in my last garden....it was only a small plot but we double dug it (John Seymour method) which means the soil is so loose the roots go straight down, plants can be placed much closer together , and this means a lot less weeding as there is no room in between plants.
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Posted - 10/03/2007 : 17:57
I use the eggshells or an upside down grapefruit. i went to Wolly,s the other day and bought some lovely deep red sunflower seeds and mixed coloured lupins. I love to grow the seeds and will start them in pots indoors. Must look and see what seeds i have from last year As i forgot what i bought then1 |
Vee
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Posted - 10/03/2007 : 18:16
Stanley - pop some vaseline round the top of your pots and that will solve the problem. Messy I know! But it works - they wont cross it!
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handlamp
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Posted - 11/03/2007 : 12:08
Stanley, what about a spade? I have a sacrificial slab specially for the purpose.
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 11/03/2007 : 17:44
I used to put salt on them..... they melt! Old gardeners used to scatter soot round the plants, they won't cross that. The reason I asked about mataldehyde was not because I have a slug problem but I heard something the other day on the radio but didn't take proper notice. The new pellets are harmless to other animals.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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handlamp
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Posted - 12/03/2007 : 15:41
There are quite a few allegedly harmless to animals, Bio do one which again are allegedly shower proof also.
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lizg
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Posted - 13/03/2007 : 00:05
I've used ash from the fire. They don't seem to like walking on that either.
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Joan Read
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Posted - 14/03/2007 : 20:40
Belle, what is the John Seymour method of digging? Would it work in heavy clay soil?
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