Interessante Beobachtung: Vor ca. drei Wochen wurde ein Teil unserer Wiese gemäht. Das überzählige Mähgut kam auf ein Beet mit einigen Resten Wintergemüse. Später sollen da Buschbohnen hin.
Offensichtlich zogen alle Nacktschnecken aus der Gemüseabteilung zu diesem Buffett. Aber die Amseln waren schneller: Tagelang gruben sie das Grünzeug immer wieder um.
Jetzt dürfte die Gegend frei von Nackschnecken sein. 😄
Slug death trap. This tip comes from a limacologist. Slugs are more attracted to bread dough than any other scent. They are also attracted to beer and will die in the alcohol. I use this in my sunroom to protect growing fruit and seedlings.
We've been putting food out every night for hedgehogs, only to find it gets invaded by slugs.
So, following the advice of the good people of Gardener's Question time (BBC R4) I applied copper tape around the foos bowl and placed it on copper sheets.
At best I'd say they find it slightly irritating.
UPDATE:
Seems to be working.
A few of the big slugs have made it across the copper sheet and scaled the copper tape around the bowl then turned back
Playing a lot of Pocket Rogue as usual. You find so many interesting items and you eventually learn what they do. In town there's a warehouse where you can store items for later, in case you die, and because you can only carry so much. I'm a supplies hoarder (unfortunately) but I just always want to try out everything to see what items can do, and also to try and find and keep the best stuff. But I always have to remind myself to actually use the stuff, as you'll just die anyway, and it lightens your pack.
As usual, my pack is totally full but I'm super curious as to what a "bottle of slugs" would do. 🤣 I've never run across one. You have to pick up items and look at their short descriptions to get an idea of what they'll do. But for many items, you won't know their true or full effect until you try them out! 😬🤣
Bumpy week ahead. But coming across these photos of banana slugs made me feel better, so maybe they’ll help your week, too! From my trip to the Redwoods State & National Parks in Northern California, May 2023.