The area we treated remained slug free for about 6 weeks. In that time I used the method given in the Independant article I linked to, which worked very well with bought nematodes added to speed up the process. We have 15 IPCs we use for water storage but we used one to chuck in any slugs we caught (hundreds upon hundreds of them), added Nemaslug to the mix and left them to it for a couple of weeks. After the first 6 weeks we noticed that slugs began to appear again so we watered the beds with the nematode mix and sure enough they soon disapeared.
We use other methods to such as copper, tin foil, eggs shells, coffee grounds and introdcucing a few frogs and toads into some of the polys but really the nematoads is by far the best way to get rid of slugs.
We will continue to use nematodes and Im seriously considering breeding more of them and selling them next year.
The Apprentice wrote:
Hi M, and welcome.
Please could you tell us what the longevity of the nematodes are and how you bred them.
Thanks in advance.
Mondo93 wrote:
Beneficial Nematodes are the way to go. Having a huge plot with a lot of veg growing we have obvisouly had some problems with slugs, even in one of the smaller polly tunnels. Slugs desimated about 60 chilli seedlings a few months back so I declared war on them as chillis are one of my main cash crops. I bought nematodes online which covered about half an acre and within a week, no more slugs. As the nematodes were a bity pricey I looked at how to breed them and sure enough its actually quite easy:
www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeninge...-starts-at-home.html
