Just happened upon a very effective slug trap!

[dubqueen]

I left a milk bottle outside, with about 1/3rd of a pint remaining - was intending to add it to the water for my tomatoes, apparently they like the calcium.

Anyway - I stumbled across it just now and it was full of dead slugs - a bit eewww together with curdled milk but what a result! Put my beer traps to shame thats for sure!!

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by dubqueen

I left a milk bottle outside, with about 1/3rd of a pint remaining - was intending to add it to the water for my tomatoes, apparently they like the calcium.

Anyway - I stumbled across it just now and it was full of dead slugs - a bit eewww together with curdled milk but what a result! Put my beer traps to shame thats for sure!!

Great find, I will try this on the snails eating all my lupins.

[nightshade]

That is interesting. I have just removed three huge (4" plus) slugs from my chickens layers pellets, and my pole feeder with sunflower hearts is stuffed full of brown and white, yellow and white and yellow snails. The fallen apples are covered with tiny black slugs and grey slugs. It must be the weather.
I will try the milk instead of beer though.

[The Woodman]

(Layers pellets are the basis for slug pellets - toxic metaldehyde is added)