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This is great to hear. I am certainly conflicted about killing them. Much less conflicted about killing the ones I perceive to be "unnatural" (Spanish invaders) but actually I realised I can't tell the difference between Spanish and Red. All I know is they're tough, much tougher than the ones I remember from when I was a child...
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Hey I’m gonna have to defend our little friends here , I’ve had my allotment for 15 years now and never killed a slug knowingly and although in the beginning I suffered great losses of seedlings and crops I have found planting at different times just as successful as traps barriers and the fact that not all species of slug is as destructive as one believes
I visited friends in Oxfordshire last weekend and their veg patch was amazing. I couldn't understand how it had been so successful without being eaten by slugs but they just aren't a big problem in their garden. A lot of London gardens (including ours) have huge numbers of slugs. I would say for no obvious reason but we suspect ours come from under next door's decking.
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Hey I’m gonna have to defend our little friends here , I’ve had my allotment for 15 years now and never killed a slug knowingly and although in the beginning I suffered great losses of seedlings and crops I have found planting at different times just as successful as traps barriers and the fact that not all species of slug is as destructive as one believes, I think as gardeners we should learn to grow without killing, maybe leave it to the predators who rely on it cheers k