Neffa
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I have yet to find a slug or snail mooching around.
I know I’ve got a frog and a family of massive hedgehogs that come in every night but is it just me or are there less of the little beasts about?
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Veggie
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They like damp ground not dry dusty stuff, because it doesn't help them to slither around.
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Bren
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I agree with you there Neffa up to yet I had nothing munched. I'm keeping an eye on my lettuce and peas.
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Same thing all the way down here, although we've had enough of the wet stuff to keep the dust away.
I guess if insect numbers can crash by 75% then the same probably applies to all invertebrates. And eventually everything that relies on them. While delighted to not have to do the nightly slug hunt, I find it extremely worrying.
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Jay
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Same here next to none here, I thought it was because I wasn’t growing anything this year.
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Can the Man
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Oh they’re there all right, I found snails hiding under some weeds I was digging out T the weekend also seen a few slime trails
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Stem20
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The only ones I have been finding are tiny ones in every lettuce I pick, not going down well with OH as I told her not to buy any more lettuce, I suppose I will have to-de slug them or perhaps treat them as protein.
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Mikey
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They are still munching my hostas, and had a couple of my runner bean tips. It has been very dry though so not surprised there aren’t many about.
It was a very mild winter so I was expecting a massive colony this year.
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I've still got them, but there seems to be more snails than slugs this year. I'm not surprised I have them though - my back garden has always been bad. Time to buy some more nemaslug I think.
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