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Bastard slugs!

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Grumpla · 03/07/2012 16:43

I have hardly any slug / snail problems in my garden thanks to my Frog Army. However, my yard is another matter. I have a dozen or so pots including several cherished hosted which are being RAVAGED by the buggers at the moment (presumably all the extra rain.)

Today I planted up some verbenas in a pot, tuned round LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER to fin a massive orange slug munching the bloody thing! In broad daylight.

Apart from slug pubs & regular pick-and-squish missions is there a cat / toddler - friendly method of destruction?

Would it be completely bonkers to catch a few frogs and shut them in the yard one night? Or would this just be mean?

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MummyWeatherwax · 03/07/2012 17:13

For pots, you can buy copper tape that you put round them - apparently the slugs don't like to crawl over it to get into the pot

Copper tape

But I prefer good old fashioned blue pellets - the cats don't seem to care either way!

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