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Is it definitely molluscs that are to blame? The damp weather will sometimes result in things rotting where the stems emerge from the compost/soil. Once it starts, the infection will spread quickly.Gutted, nearly every single seed I've planted either in the mini greenhouse or out has been eaten by slugs& snails.
Has anyone tried nematodes, how do you use them, are they safe etc?
Is it definitely molluscs that are to blame? The damp weather will sometimes result in things rotting where the stems emerge from the compost/soil. Once it starts, the infection will spread quickly.
If we are finding the slugs and snails guilty, then nematodes are fairly safe - for you - you essentially just water them into the growing medium - you don't have to catch the slugs and inject them.
It is often possible to just prevent mollusc access to the seedling plants, though.
Or, just get yourself (a) Thrush. The garden here should suffer badly from mollusc attack, it's damp enough, the plants are ideal and there is loads of calcium carbonate available for shell construction. I rarely see a living mollusc, just empty shells, and there is virtually no visible damage from them. The thrushes just amble about, eating. I found one asleep on the lawn the other day - I initially thought he may have been the victim of an attack of some sort, but, no, he woke up and ambled off as I approached.
Any slime trails? There's always the possibility of mice being the perpetrators.Well,yesterday I had a full tray of cosmos seedlings in mini greenhouse, today I woke up to find one left, and the rest either completely gone, or with a tiny stump left. Everything else was gone too... Although thd labels have faded so I've no idea what they were.
On the tray I found the tiniest snail ever.... I threw him down the garden...thus is the second lot of seedlings I've lost to snails... All my veg and basket plants were eaten weeks ago.
I have one tray left of something... No idea what they are though. Grrrrrrrr
More likely giant spiders...Any slime trails? There's always the possibility of mice being the perpetrators.
They only live in the abandoned shed at the bottom of the garden.... 5ft wide they are....More likely giant spiders...
There was, but also a very tiny pale blond snail....Any slime trails? There's always the possibility of mice being the perpetrators.
I've lost quite a few this year from this.The damp weather will sometimes result in things rotting where the stems emerge from the compost/soil. Once it starts, the infection will spread quickly.
Long Mynd .... (if it is, and you're describing Salop folk as yam yams ... yer not likely to get out alive.)