well I discovered that it was actually still slugs that were destroying my
marigolds, despite a heavy dousing of all the garden beds with nemaslug.
slime trails were a give away, but also discovered a colony of slugs hding
under a pot in the one flower bed!

guess I'll be buying some more traditional slug poisons tonight.

in article , Bruce Ella at
wrote on 17/6/03 6:38 am:

well I discovered that it was actually still slugs that were destroying my
marigolds, despite a heavy dousing of all the garden beds with nemaslug.
slime trails were a give away, but also discovered a colony of slugs hding
under a pot in the one flower bed!

guess I'll be buying some more traditional slug poisons tonight.


I don't think you've given it long enough, Bruce. Your first post was only
about a fortnight ago. Repeat doses are probably needed but clearing away
things that harbour slugs is necessary, too!
--

Sacha

In message , Sacha
writes
in article , Bruce Ella at
wrote on 17/6/03 6:38 am:

well I discovered that it was actually still slugs that were destroying my
marigolds, despite a heavy dousing of all the garden beds with nemaslug.
slime trails were a give away, but also discovered a colony of slugs hding
under a pot in the one flower bed!

guess I'll be buying some more traditional slug poisons tonight.

I don't think you've given it long enough, Bruce. Your first post was only
about a fortnight ago. Repeat doses are probably needed but clearing away
things that harbour slugs is necessary, too!

....and with the recent hot weather you may have let the affected area
get too dry? - you need to maintain a level of moisture for the nemaslug
parasites to do their job

--
dave @ stejonda

"dave wrote in message
well I discovered that it was actually still slugs that were destroying
my
marigolds, despite a heavy dousing of all the garden beds with
nemaslug.
slime trails were a give away, but also discovered a colony of slugs
hding
under a pot in the one flower bed!

guess I'll be buying some more traditional slug poisons tonight.

I don't think you've given it long enough, Bruce. Your first post was
only
about a fortnight ago. Repeat doses are probably needed but clearing
away
things that harbour slugs is necessary, too!

...and with the recent hot weather you may have let the affected area
get too dry? - you need to maintain a level of moisture for the nemaslug
parasites to do their job


Quite! That has been a major problem for us, keeping the spud bed moist when
we aren't supposed to use a hose on our allotments.

However I suspect (indeed hope) this Nemaslug is more useful for the ground
dwelling slugs than those on the surface, and I will certainly post our
findings when the time comes.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.

in article , Sue & Bob Hobden at
wrote on 17/6/03 5:54 pm:


"dave wrote in message
well I discovered that it was actually still slugs that were destroying
my
marigolds, despite a heavy dousing of all the garden beds with
nemaslug.
slime trails were a give away, but also discovered a colony of slugs
hding
under a pot in the one flower bed!

guess I'll be buying some more traditional slug poisons tonight.

I don't think you've given it long enough, Bruce. Your first post was
only
about a fortnight ago. Repeat doses are probably needed but clearing
away
things that harbour slugs is necessary, too!

...and with the recent hot weather you may have let the affected area
get too dry? - you need to maintain a level of moisture for the nemaslug
parasites to do their job


Quite! That has been a major problem for us, keeping the spud bed moist when
we aren't supposed to use a hose on our allotments.

However I suspect (indeed hope) this Nemaslug is more useful for the ground
dwelling slugs than those on the surface, and I will certainly post our
findings when the time comes.


We use Nematodes here all the time in the Nursery area and consequently have
no vine weevil problems and few slug problems. In the garden, however......
;-( Even that said, it's not as bad as some people we know and this is a
very wet garden at times!
--

Sacha