slugs and snails.

[maggie01]

It has been raining heavily overnight here so I am just about to gather any slugs and snails from my garden which I am sure are having a field day till I get out there.

When you have collected them up, what do you do with them. I have heard if you dispose of them anywhere near your garden, they find there way back.

[boxtops]

It's not very nice, but we put them in a jamjar or pop bottle, with the lid on. Not nice for the snails, but we don't want them either.

[johnnyb.com]

VERY CAREFULLY PICK SLUG OR SNAIL UP WITH A CLEAN SPADE AND PLACE IT GENTLY ON BLOCK A THEN PICK UP BLOCK B AND SMASH IT ON TO BLOCK A

[tenrec]

Is your keyboard broke Johnnyb?

[barbara1835]

Bucket of water plus salt. Then onto the compost heap after a few days.

I have just been out and collected a lot of big ones, as they were crawling round the slug pellets and munching my hostas.

[flump1]

Awww Maggie, while I agree they are a pain there must be humane ways to despatch them !!! Plan A take them indoors boil them in a pan for minutes, serve with garlic butter...enjoy !! Plan B leave them in a heap with a notice saying thus " Thrushes , and all those birds who would like a free lunch , please help your selves. ..Sit back and watch the birds. Or Plan C ( the one I pick ) get as many of the lillte critters as you can and lob them yards away from your garden. Aim to give them a soft landing .

[boxtops]

I wouldn't put them on the compost heap, you're not supposed to compost anything protein.

[gsr600]

place them in your garden recycling bin, let them have a holiday elsewhere.

[Ric.ror]

I am about to send for those natural slug killers
Small micro creatures that eat the slug
Think yourself lucky - I get them in the kitchen

[RATTER15]

Yes be very careful they do find their way back!! I once found a snail on my patio, I threw it as far as I could, six weeks later I heard a knock at the door, it was the snail asking, "was that really necessary?"

[tonyav]

LOL.

[maggie01]

Thanks! I have put them in a plastic bag and will take them out with me when I take the dog for a walk and dispose of them somewhere out in the open.

[Clanad]

"...Although it is impossible to know the subjective experience of another animal with certainty, the balance of the evidence suggests that most invertebrates do not feel pain. The evidence is most robust for insects, and, for these animals, the consensus is that they do not feel pain"... (Source: Eisemann C et al. 1984. Experientia 40: 164-167)

Humane? Squish 'em between thumb and forefinger (preferably with a gloved hand). Better yet, drop in a small container of salt... great entertainment for about a nano-second...

[Kiki-frog]

We're lucky having a field at the bottom of the garden, so Mr Frog and I compete to see who can project them the furthest. I suspect that they do just trudge wearily up the hill again, though, so they can feast on our hostas.

[boxtops]

I don't understand depositing them somewhere else, it only gives someone else your problem.

[iszzyinn]

I like most gardeners 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, I have tried beer traps, copper tape, salt, egg shells, even throwing them in my neighbors garden etc,etc recently a lady gardener recommended a new device to control slugs and snails called the slugbell she has used it and found it to be absolutely brilliant at controlling them I have just ordered 6 of them to place around my flowers and vegetable garden ,here is there web page www.slugbell.com they use both organic or normal pellets and that the small amount of pellets needed will last up to three months.!!! 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

[sandyRoe]

Throw them into a neighbours garden.

[maggiebee]

All God's creatures got a place in the choir! Just so long as they're not singing in my garden. Think you have to take them at least half a mile away or they will return.

[ttfn]

You could always try teaching them to fly ...

I employ boxy's method but I add plenty of seasoning to the jar.

[moonraker558]

Good old cooking salt.....Then lightly fried. Mmm.

[ladybirder]

Leave them for the thrushes to eat. No wonder thrushes are in decline. Don't get hostas if you don't want slugs. Wish we had a symbol for blowing a raspberry!