nematode for slug control,anyone used it?

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Is this the answer to all my problems?

No, the answer to all your slug problems is to move to the sahara - although they probably have ones there that are adapted to dessication and can sense lettuce seedlings at 100 km.

Nematodes are very effective, but they are quite expensive and the effect does wear off, and they can be a little bit fiddly to apply, and you do have to use them all in one go, and it can feel a bit wierd keeping them in the fridge beforehand.

Personally I am back to beer traps this year - i use the cheapest value beer I can find in the supermarket, you only need a tiny bit in the bottom of something like a flowerpot saucer and they climb in and drown a happy beery death.

I make transparent traps: cut off the bottom of a 2 litre coke bottle about 10 cm up, and cut off the top about 10 cm down. Cut a couple of u shaped slices out of the bottom; cram on the top so you are left with a couple of holes in the side, slip in some beer and bob's your uncle. Beer can't get diluted by rain then. I am sure Bob Flowerdew puts a strip of copper tape round the middle bit of the coke bottle and uses it as a plant guard. But he probably doesn't drink Coke.

I second beer traps. The bottom of plastic milk bottles are fab for this as well because you get loads in there. Also did you know they are excellent food for the birds (the slugs I mean), and no the birds don't get drunk and bang into the house in case you were wondering.

well my beer traps were empty last year whilst the slugs merrily waltzed around them eating all my salad.

Perhaps you could fill them with salad dressing this year?

lol,well I must be doing something wrong.Wrong beer maybe?

Personally I don't faff with beer, I just get the bloody bread yeast and chuck it in water. Works just the same - better still add some apple juice and kill loads of wasps too (I'm mean me!)

I agree with all the beer malarkey advice - I used to nick the dregs from when my DH made up beer kits, it worked out loads cheaper than buying stuff from shops. (obviously, when he wasn't looking and I'd run out of dregs, I nicked some good stuff, but frankly it felt a bit like sacrilege)

p.s. lovely to see a lot of you bf and weaning people over here - see we do have other interests!

Try:
Half a grapefruit (eaten) with a 'door' cut in it and placed upside down
Oatmeal/porridge - they love it - it makes them explode
eggshells/sand/grit round your plants

Oh and I have tried the nematode thing and I think it did work but timing was crucial, it was quite expensive and what with all the necessary dilution and careful watering, took ages to do. Certainly haven't got time for all that faff now.