by Martin <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 11, 2008 at 12:27 PM
On Sun, 11 May 2008 11:17 +0100 (BST), root@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Steve Harris)
wrote:
>In article <R8KdnUsDT4w5Z7jVnZ2dnUVZ8rCdnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, nspf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Steve) wrote:
>
>> I tried these last year and I found them
>> totally harmless to pets, children and slugs.
>
>What dose did you use on the children? :-)
>
>I've only tried Growing Success Advanced Slug Pellets on slugs and snails
and they seemed
>reasonably effective. It's difficult to tell because metaldehyde messes
up the slime system
>quickly which gives you plenty of evidence. Ferric phosphate is claimed
to stop them feeding and
>kills them later in a less spectacular manner.
Heineken makes them die laughing.
--
Martin
