[Help] Gardeners Question Time.

[jevs]

Alternate slug removal.
Slug pub. Waste of beer but does work

Often worth having a chat with your local landlord if he can save some of the waste beer when they change a barrel etc. Sink the containers into the ground and then cover them with an old roofing tile or something....Change the beer regularly....pi$$ed up dead slug absolutely stink.

 

[mikeyjh]

Alternate slug removal.
Slug pub. Waste of beer but does work
Grapefruit half. Eat the grapefruit, put the remainder upside down. Requires removal of molluscs each day. Effective
Nightly recce to affected area. Requires removal of molluscs
Some say chopped garlic/onions/chives works. Makes me heave
There are a few others, but I've not tried them

This one, I find strangely therapeutic (not for the slug obv), wandering round in the complete silence of night with a torch, probably talking to the slugs. You may see other nocturnal stuff knocking around as well....

 

[LamieRobertson]

Could do with a bit of rain locally....perhaps not so good when you have to queue out in the open to get into the supermarket ....but ground is bone hard ...ive got quite a few seeding jobs outstanding, but I’m not going to touch them until this dry period breaks .....might get a splash Friday night but barely worth it if forecast isn’t correct

 

[FamilyGuy]

Alternate slug removal.
Slug pub. Waste of beer but does work
Grapefruit half. Eat the grapefruit, put the remainder upside down. Requires removal of molluscs each day. Effective
Nightly recce to affected area. Requires removal of molluscs
Some say chopped garlic/onions/chives works. Makes me heave
There are a few others, but I've not tried them

I haven't tried it myself yet but I'm told that cold tea (no milk or sugar) works in slug pubs too.

I use the nightly torch and bucket approach, and hedgehogs and frogs seem to enjoy the rest - which is why I avoid using pellets.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Not heard about cold tea for slugs and snails, but I've used it as a boost for in ground camelias and rhododendrons. I'll have to have a read up
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I've not found any reference to tea for the slimeys, but coffee grounds apparently work.
Another one I came across, was epsom salts. I use it to 'green up' certain plants, but the ones I used it on are not an attractive meal for the gastropods.
I'm going to have to persevere with the garlic spray, it works to keep cats out as well. Garlic really upsets my stomach, but so does cat sh*t

 

[WATFORD zero]

Yes, otherwise it could burn the grass.Watering will take the "fire" out of it. Be careful not to flood your lawn otherwise all the weed and feed will be washed in to concentrated areas and you'll end up with dead patches. You should apply the water like you would spray-paint. Do that each day and watch the magic happen!
Before and after photos would be interesting.

Before and Afters of a couple of my better bits of lawn, mowed Sunday before last, Weed and Feed last Wednesday, mowed again today. Second bit suffers with moss and Mind-your-own-business, because of the shade. Although I have been leaving it longer and the Mind-your-own-business seems to be dying out.




I learn so much from you, Jevs, Lamie and Coldeanseagull on here. Today, for instance, I learnt that I really should get a new phone with a better Camera

 

[Jack Straw]

Before and Afters of a couple of my better bits of lawn, mowed Sunday before last, Weed and Feed last Wednesday, mowed again today. Second bit suffers with moss and Mind-your-own-business, because of the shade. Although I have been leaving it longer and the Mind-your-own-business seems to be dying out.

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I learn so much from you, Jevs, Lamie and Coldeanseagull on here. Today, for instance, I learnt that I really should get a new phone with a better Camera

Thanks. Looks like the magic is happening?! We're here to help.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

My lawn was attacked overnight by something grubbing up little holes...

What creature is the most likely culprit?
What is the best way to stop it happening?

 

[Jack Straw]

My lawn was attacked overnight by something grubbing up little holes...

What creature is the most likely culprit?
What is the best way to stop it happening?

Photos are a "must". One quite close up and another from about 1m away.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

My lawn was attacked overnight by something grubbing up little holes...

What creature is the most likely culprit?
What is the best way to stop it happening?

Foxes or hedgehogs and even certain birds. They're eating worms, beetles and other grubs.
Concrete! Failing that, I have some top soil set aside to go round and back fill

 

[jevs]

My lawn was attacked overnight by something grubbing up little holes...

What creature is the most likely culprit?
What is the best way to stop it happening?

I get a lot of problems with Foxes digging up the grass in the Rockery. They're after the leatherjackets and worms which are full of protein for their cubs.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Before and Afters of a couple of my better bits of lawn, mowed Sunday before last, Weed and Feed last Wednesday, mowed again today. Second bit suffers with moss and Mind-your-own-business, because of the shade. Although I have been leaving it longer and the Mind-your-own-business seems to be dying out.

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I learn so much from you, Jevs, Lamie and Coldeanseagull on here. Today, for instance, I learnt that I really should get a new phone with a better Camera

It's looking good, but who's the naughty chair for?

 

[Stat Brother]

All this seed germination, planting indoors, then transferring into the flower bed is a load of old bollox right?

Jnr cleared out 10ft of border, so as a present I bought 4 packs of different poppy seeds.
Mixed them up.
Scattered across the bed.
Gave it a rake and a water.

Bish bosh job done.

They'll be alright, won't they?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

All this seed germination, planting indoors, then transferring into the flower bed is a load of old bollox right?

Jnr cleared out 10ft of border, so as a present I bought 4 packs of different poppy seeds.
Mixed them up.
Scattered across the bed.
Gave it a rake and a water.

Bish bosh job done.

They'll be alright, won't they?

Yes, but for a more selective summer display, you'll have to do the seed germination, planting indoors, then transferring into the flower bed old bollox

 

[Stat Brother]

Yes, but for a more selective summer display, you'll have to do the seed germination, planting indoors, then transferring into the flower bed old bollox

So I can say I was going for the 'wild meadow' look and in the process saved myself a right old ballache.


Happy days.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Poppies prefer direct sowing as they dislike root disturbance, so in this case, your old right ball will be ache free

 

[Stat Brother]

I even took an 'after sowing' pic, in the hope I can do before & after photographs.


Fortunately I didn't do a before before photo as you'd have all turned on my for being a disgrace to garden ownership.

 

[vegster]

All this seed germination, planting indoors, then transferring into the flower bed is a load of old bollox right?

Jnr cleared out 10ft of border, so as a present I bought 4 packs of different poppy seeds.
Mixed them up.
Scattered across the bed.
Gave it a rake and a water.

Bish bosh job done.

They'll be alright, won't they?

Yes, but make sure you dead-head them the moment the flowers die otherwise you will have poppies there for eternity.

 

[WATFORD zero]

It's looking good, but who's the naughty chair for?

It's for Mrs Wz. We have a bloody great terrace running right across the back of the house but she insists on me building another little patio right down there as it's the last place in the Garden that keeps the sun .............. and relax

But it's under a Yew tree and nothing will grow there, although I am training a Clematis Montana all the way around the fence underneath

 

[Stat Brother]

Yes, but make sure you dead-head them the moment the flowers die otherwise you will have poppies there for eternity.

You People of the Garden really don't get this.

Poppies there for eternity sounds to me like

No gardening there for eternity


All I've got to do now is see how they take to the annual autumn 'get the hedge trimmer out, we're going gardening'.