Linegeist wrote:I'm not sure installing something that repels slugs, but attracts famished gyppoes, is a good idea ................ ay?
Linegeist wrote:.....I think I'll go and roll in nettles ..................
Oaken wrote:You could strap a torch to your shotgun and reload your carts with salt.....
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Rup
Tommo wrote:Spoken like a true catholic..
Linegeist wrote:Oaken wrote:You could strap a torch to your shotgun and reload your carts with salt.....
atb
Rup
Actually Rup, I HAD thought of doing that - but I need a lot more practice before I can get the hang of that Leading-The-Target thing shotgunners do. I never seem to give the slugs enough aim-off ..............Tommo wrote:Spoken like a true catholic..
flintlok wrote:Sidebyside wrote:Buy 25kg of animal feed grade salt and make a perimeter line with it around your said vegetable plot , you have to keep topping it up but no slugs or snails will cross it and if they do it proves fatal , I have a 100kg of the stuff and it is a guaranteed solution to crop protection , if you want some PM me .
If you use salt in such a manner, wouldn’t that cause the ground water salt (sodium) levels to increase? That may not be a problem if you do not have well water. As I understand nemotodes, they are attracted to the plant roots by the carbon dioxide that the roots produce however minuscule. Also nemotodes tend to burrow deep in a garden. Lime (calcium hydroxide) readily absorbs carbon dioxide and can be used to adjust soil pH. Excessive lime will “burn plants” but just might be useful to create a barrier under and around plants or small gardens to produce a similar effect as the salt on pests. It's a little like playing chemistry with your garden to defeat the little buggers.
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