Ugh Slugs

[vernonk]

What's the best way of getting rid of slugs from your garden without harming your dogs?

[woofgang]

i don’t use slugit because it contains metaldehyde which lingers in the soil. There is a new version of slug pellet based on ferric phosphate which I find work well. To be safe you need to use them in tiny amounts, no more than 4 in a 50 litre tub, one in a flowerpot. My adult dogs ignore them but if I had a puppy I wouldn’t use them. Here’s one link but if you google ferric phosphate slug pellets, there are loads of brands
http://www.organiccatalogue.com/p1821/ADVANCED-SLUG-KILLER-575g/product_info.html

[woofgang]

your choice divebuddy but i wouldn’t.

http://www.pethealthnetwork.com/dog-health/dog-toxins-poisons/metaldehyde-poisoning-dangers-snail-and-slug-bait

I find the new ferric phosphate tablets just as effective.

[woofgang]

oh and metaldehyde can kill hedgehogs, either if they eat it or if they eat slugs and snails which have eaten it.

[murraymints]

https://www.nematodesdirect.co.uk/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search%20Network&utm_term=slug%20killer%20nematodes&utm_content=Nematodes



most effective method...simply water them in

[woofgang]

I don’t find the nematodes work that well on their own....and they are blooming expensive!

[woofgang]

divebuddy :)

[Chipchopper]

If your dogs are of the molting kind and you don't want to risk chemical warfare in your garden, then the dogs might hold the answer.

This year, I took a tip from a gardening magazine and used some groomed-out dog fur, which acts as a deterrent, if you use it as a mulch around your prized plants. It also acts as a fertilizer, adding nitrogen as it breaks down.
Some think it sounds too good to be true, but its protected many of my plants when I tried it, it seems slugs just do a U turn rather than trying to transverse it.