- flavour them - add a bit of salt - makes them shrivel right up, draws the water out of them and they die
- take them to the beach - sand they don't like crawling on it, slows them down to trap them easier
- the magicians trick - cut them in half with scissors (keep special slug scissors)
- breakfast explosions - feed them bran (they explode)
- hotel fruit traps - trap them in half an eaten grapefruit/orange/melon - put upside down on the compost they hide inside like a hotel then feed them to the birds
- secret slug hunting - go at night time catch them unawares - feed them to the birds
- tequila - after they get drunk enough they forget they can't tolerate salt and are done for
- beer garden - get them drunk - beer traps in the garden in cups sunk into the ground - collect when drunk as skunks
- milk maid - milk will attract them, like the beer traps but better for your underage slug
- treat them to some jewellery - copper rings etc electricutes them as they go over them
- make them some brekkie - egg shells make them all sore cos they are spikey
- the old one two - squish them - (pretty gross)
- biological warfare - nematodes - a gross but biological method of control - water in the soil, then don't read about the effects - pretty disgusting
- be-friend a frog - they love to eat slugs
- frequent flyer miles - fling your slug with gusto into the atmosphere - they do like to fly and tolerate frequent flying
- a delicious pet food treat - they love the smell of pet food - put some into a bowl/cup and let them feast themselves to their demise
- buy them a coffee - coffee grains sprinkled around deter the little monkeys
- baby them - talcum powder acts a bit like salt drying them out
- take it off the menu - grow something they just don't like - there are 92 different plants they just won't eat including cornflower, scabious, snapdragons, honesty, tulips, creeping jenny and lavender
- pellets are off limits - lifes to short to be boring and use pellets - they cost money and spoil your fun
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Exacting your revenge (I)
Ok, after the earlier blog - time to get even, just a few handy hints on giving your slugs a good time before they meet their maker:
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Thanks for making me laugh before I even had my first cup of coffee.
ReplyDeleteI find it hilarious that you are happy to recommend squishing, shrivelling with salt or exploding with bran, but get squeamish when it comes to nematodes... I hate slugs, and am grateful that the large frog population tends to keep them under control. The snails, on the other hand, are prolific, but make a lovely crunchy sound when you step on them...
ReplyDeleteNot a hint of a worry in that about bad kharma.......she who torments cometh back as the tormented......? Hmmmm. Life as a blogging slug. Ahh! you were just joking! Phew, that's alright then. I was worried for you, just for a slight second.
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Well glad you've had a bit of a giggle - Janet - biological controls I find very disgusting - I'm squeamish.
ReplyDeletePamela point taken :) - actually 19 was written with buddists in mind as was a fair few of the others! I prefer to deter, fling or recycle to absolute driect means of murdering (honest). I think perhaps my karma is to be gardening in these conditions! Now life as a blogging slug - that WOULD be interesting!
We have a friendly hedgehog (who drives Toby nuts!) the problem is our Peedie Pup has wrecked the garden so nothing really growing at the moment so limited sluggage
ReplyDeleteHedgehog a good idea - peedie pup here can't figure slugs out, he nudges them with his nose then runs away - big fearty!
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