slug/snail pellets........................

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 10:20

anyone seen any out here?Last year's supplier can't get

Thanks

Mike..........................................

Diogenes


Joined: 12/11/2008
Posts: 139

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 10:42

Try the Yemci, next door to Ibo's bar on the main road past alsancak.

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 11:09

Pound shop ,

upstairs turn right

looking at the gardening kit on the back wall,

second shelf I think slightly to the left of center

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 11:14

Yes tried Yemci,and Babel no luck...off to the pound shop!!!!Thanks Batgirl

Mike

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 11:17

Mike, if you find them, can you buy some (a bag?) for me too? I'll collect them next Tuesday at Guido's, OK?

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 13:28

Couldn't find in Pound shop.

When to another place,apparently one distributor in TRNC,he has a container arriving and will start distributing Monday.

So when I find,I'll get some for Hans,but maybe not this Tuesday.

Mike

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 13:45

Mike,use crasshed egg shells around the plants,works a magic.

puppylover



Joined: 05/05/2008
Posts: 1427

Message Posted:
02/04/2010 13:55

Agree with yorgozlu.



My grandmother told me years ago about using crushed egg shells.

Also deters cats from using the soil around plants as a toilet.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
08/04/2010 12:56

Back in stock in Mr.Pound.Batgirl where you said.

Hans,have got a box for you.

Now to use and kill those bu**ers

mitsi


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 345

Message Posted:
08/04/2010 14:20

Ashamed at you all for using them. What goes around comes around, by that I mean, whatever eats the slugs, will, in turn, be poisoned too!!!! Hedghogs, birds etc; Very bad for the environment. Best remedy is to dig small hole, place tupperware tub in it and fill with beer, lager etc; slugs love this and drown once pissed. Better than dying a long, slow agonising death by pellets and no harm done to other welcome creatures. Please think before you act and be responsible gardeners. NOT a waste of good beer either before any of you start.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
08/04/2010 15:17

Mitsi,I am a very green gardener,yes I use crushed egg shells,and slug traps are on the way from UK.

I have not seen any slug eating birds,nor hedgehogs in my garden in Lapta.Each morning I clear lots of snails from my seed bed,and if I am to have flowers to produce pollen for the bees, drastic action is needed.Rest assured if I do see a dead bird or hedgehog I will stop using the pellets.

Mike

Codger


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 153

Message Posted:
08/04/2010 15:29

Mike

Like dogs finding poison they seldom die at that spot but crawl off in agony and die somewhere else. You may unwittingly be killing birds , hedghogs etc which are dead away from your garden, maybe thats why you have not found any slug eating birds or hedgehogs.

A very good method is to dig a small hole, put a plastic cup in it then fill with Efes ( this is the only purpose it's fit for ) the slugs will flock to it, drink, fall in and die happy.



Regards

Codger