Comments on: Do egg shells keep slugs at bay? https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay Change your life by saving money and the environment! Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-218 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:37:11 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-218 In reply to Amy.

Thanks for the tips Amy!

]]> By: Amy https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-215 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:53:52 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-215 A low sided dish of beer. Bottom of a clay pot or disposable tin pie dish. You use it over and over and over so a little less wasteful. They love it, crawl in and don't leave. Black tarp on ground around garden. They love to hide under tarp so just pick up and collect. Careful with the salt. Too hard on the plants.

]]> By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-185 Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:25:21 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-185 Since writing my previous comment I have discovered once and for all that egg shells do not keep slugs at bay! The only thing that really works is going out at night and removing from your veg patch one by one, then pouring salt on them!

]]> By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-139 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:36:25 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-139 An update on the eggs shells, they seem to be doing the trick so far, but the raised beds are surrounded by stones and I think that may be helping, as I don't think egg shells work on their own.

We currently have a slug which I haven't seen yet, but keeps leaving slimy trails on my coir matting by my back door. I read somewhere that a slug can get over any surface it likes by producing extra slime. It does risk dehydration, but if the weather is fairly wet that isn't a problem. I'm bracing myself for a slug encounter one morning, as last year I found one on my hob!

Also I found this blog, where they put copper wire to the test as a slug deterrent and found that didn't work either! Really would like some more suggestions!

http://www.growingthingsandmakingthings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/copper-wire-as-slug-deterrent-test.html

]]> By: Natural Mothers Network https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-123 Thu, 03 May 2012 12:52:47 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-123 You can use your egg boxes for cultivating seedlings and then place them directly into the soil and they disintegrate as the plant grows. Thanks for sharing this post with us on Seasonal Celebration Zoe- keep up the good work!

]]> By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-121 Wed, 02 May 2012 05:37:43 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-121 I'll try that if I don't use them all – thanks for the tip!

]]> By: WeAreWildThings https://ecothriftyliving.com/2012/05/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay.html#comment-120 Tue, 01 May 2012 23:02:55 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/do-egg-shells-keep-slugs-at-bay/#comment-120 I'm composting my egg boxes as it is good for the compost to have some paper in it. 🙂

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