Vitax Slug Gone Wool Pellets, Natural, Organic Barrier To Protect Borders, Pots & Containers From Slugs And Snails, Long Lasting - 1L

Who would have known that a wool barrier is so uncomfortable for slugs and snails that they won't cross it. I tried these first a few months ago to protect a slug's favourite food - Hostas. I now have several full grown plants that don't have a single hole chewed out of them. Amazing. I haven't used any toxic slug pellets, copper bands (useless anyway), slug pubs or nematodes and the plants are untouched. I've gone on to protect Cosmos, Chilli and sunflower seedlings with equally good results. The good thing is that the product doesn't appear to harm slugs, which are actually good for breaking vegetable matter down in the garden, provided they don't touch the precious things I've spent money and energy on! This is my second purchase and I increased my order to two packs as they'll last me well into next year too. The pellets are very easy to use, just poured around the base of the plant to form a shallow barrier of about 4 inches all round. Then water and see the pellets bind together to form an anti-mollusc wall of woe. They eventually decompose to benefit the surrounding soil, but so far mine are still in place after nearly six months and show no sign of disappearing yet. The pellets do smell of sheep and the farmyard, so I prefer to use gloves to handle them, but there's nothing nasty to cause skin damage. One bag was enough to cover about a dozen pots and three plants in the flowerbed. I've learnt to be a bit more economical with the amount I use for each plant and the new bags should go much further than that. I really do recommend this product strongly.

I’d never heard of this until I saw it on gardeners world. We have an annoying slug problem ( as I think most gardens do) and we also have a small dog so slug pellets are out of the question. I really dislike the little blighters ...especially when they have tucked into my Lilly’s and dahlias. I decided to give this stuff a go. You put it around the base of your plant making sure it’s about 6 cm wide. It doesn’t have to be high pile...it’s more about the width. Once you’ve done that you water it and it creates a texture that slugs and snails don’t like to walk ( or slime) on. I have to say it’s been pretty successful. My dahlias have recovered and are getting established. They only downside is after about two weeks the wool becomes less fluffy and not so unattractive to slugs. I did discover a slug trail across the wool in one pot. How dare they! So I reckon you should replenish this after it’s been down a couple of weeks. This does make it quite expensive but I suppose you have to offset that against protecting expensive plants. I would definitely use this again and would probably order a big tub to make it more economical in the long run. As slugs and snails are here to stay I think I will always need to keep a supply of this in the shed. Much better than beer in jam jars and safe for pets too. It does also have some nutrients in so your plants will be doubly happy.

I was hopefully this would protect my beautiful black dahlias from the nightly slug onslaught, but alas it hasn’t worked. I applied a very thick and wide border around my plants, watered until the fibres matted together and the slugs doesn’t seem to mind it one bit! I was optimistic at first as for a few days the nibbles were less frequent, but now it’s just as bad as before. Also, I don’t know what I expected but this stuff absolutely stinks! Just in case, like me, you’re not prepared for the whiff and open the bag in your house!! I’m going to have to look to other solutions, perhaps not as slug friendly, which I was trying to avoid. My dahlias are the jewel of my garden and I can’t have them ruined by pesky nibblers!! Worth a try, might work for you, but it’s not something I’ll be buying again.

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I'm not sure how effective this was against determined slugs... I think it depends on how delicious they find the target plants. The pellets protected my pumkin seedlings for the most parts - though the pumpkin plants also have fine spines (which i didn't know about until I went to move some vines and it felt like little shards of glass) so they may be able to protect themselves. Salvia on the otherhand - they were absolutely devastated. I spread the pellets around making a nice little carpet around the plants to protect them - but the slugs decided it was worth the itchy foot to get to the plants. There was not much left but stalks. As I have a dog - I was going for the organic approach I would be worried about metaldehyde based poisons - which are super effective, but I don't know how persistent they are in the environment, so kept them to potted plants. The pellets smell like sheep (they are wool) but, very sheepy - the dog was quite interested in the smell of the bucket. I think they are useful for some plants, but it appears as though ornamental Salvia plants are not one of them. A beer trap may be more effective in some cases.

I thought I would try this as I don't want to use poisonous chemicals on the garden. I have hedgehogs that I feed and they are the best natural snail defence system but even they can only eat so many snails at one go. Slug be gone does work, I have used it round hostas, dwarf bean plants and clematis, the only downside is you use more than you think you will and it is expensive. I have found you need to put a thick covering of the product at least 10 inches out from and all the way round the plant. You then have to water the product or it would blow away. Slug be gone, obviously, as it's wool from sheep smells very strongly of sheep so the garden smells for a few days but it does disappear. I didn't mind the smell it smelt very wholesome. This does work, it's expensive as you do use a lot but if you have a conscience and don't want to harm the snails or harm those that eat the snails or you would rather have a safe environment for your children and pets to play in give it a go, I think you will be suprised.

Aucun impact sur les limaces et en plus mes chiens ont essayé de manger les granulés