TRYING OUT SLUG AND SNAIL DETERRENTS / ALLOTMENT GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS / MAY 2023

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@hammondauger Год назад

For slug and snail control I find a big hammer works a treat 😁

@jammin_5619 Год назад

Size 9 and a torch 🔦 😂

@66REDD66 Год назад

That’s not nice. They may be a nightmare for our veg and flowers but they play a really important part in the eco system. I go round on a damp evening with my torch and gather them up and take them away to a weedy grassy area nearby. At least then some other animal might have a chance of a nice meal… hedgehogs for example. 😀😀

@hammondauger Год назад

@@66REDD66 Its called a joke get a life

@66REDD66 Год назад

@@hammondauger Not funny… get a proper sense of humour. 🤣

@hilaryporter7841 Год назад

Loved the snail experiment, it was hilarious, especially when you gave the lab subject a meal at the end.

@tommeltje1 Год назад

😂

@kirstywatson8401 Год назад

My grandfather swore by beer for slugs and snails, would put a plastic cup in the soil and fill it half way with beer. The snails and slugs love the beer and swim in it and cant get out.

@cindytennessee Год назад

Look at you! You are taking on snails 🐌 & slugs with passion. I’m going to watch you and learn. Your experiment with the snail & wool, peppermint, copper was fascinating to see. Then your snail gets a treat! Thanks for taking the time to share Emma!

@monro2159 Год назад

I haven't seen any other allotment youtuber actually perform a scientific experiment with the various popular tips and suggestions on deterring slugs and snails....on an actual snail! Hilarious results! Also, I have to say, aside from the acknowledgement of the destruction they incur on all of us gardeners, I did find your snail rather cute!

@Robert-1954 Год назад

I agree. The all time best remedy. 😊

@annemariemoormann996 Год назад

Right, and now that he’s cute, I won’t mind him munching on my stuff as much 😊

@annemariemoormann996 Год назад

So in the end it all works out nicely! Great experiment, Emma!

@dobegirl101 Год назад

One helped me. Save your egg shells, dry them out and crush then into small shards. sprinkle in a circle around the plants. Hope it works for you too. (Canada)

@balletickid 3 месяца назад

My heart melted when you gave your snail participant a reward payment of the flower ❤

@DuffPharming Год назад

That snail experiment was AWESOME!!!!! Well, for at least a minute. So cool how he was stretching over it!

@debbieglen2800 Год назад

Took your advice and wacked in 20 million runner beans xx

@lynnpurfield9430 Год назад

Lol

@tonik9724 Год назад

This has been the most entertaining episode! Science and reward for the snail!! 🤣🤣 LOL!!

@lifestapestry2968 Год назад

The only thing I found that worked are the pellets, there are some that break down naturally in the soil if you are worried about the environment. Additionally if you can be bothered is to make up a garlic spray but you'll need to keep applying it.

@AlexAstrid Год назад

I loved your enthusiasm on the sweetcorn! That's why I watch your channel! For the enthusiasm and never giving up! Xx

@VIVA4EVER2001 Год назад

I loved the scientific experiment with the snail, great idea.. I have started leaving "picnics" of banana skins etc for the slugs which are bait, a bit like fishing . If the critters are feeding on the picnic, thay leave my precious plants well alone, so far so good. The allotment is looking ace, well done you .

@Warwck24 Год назад

Hmmm wonder if that will work for me

@koullakousoulou4640 Год назад

The was I stop slugs.......lift foot over slug/snail, bring foot down over slug/snail...gone

@lynnpurfield9430 Год назад

Lol

@jeningle8288 Год назад

Snail experiments was the funniest thing I've seen all week! But well done for trying out the various preventative measures. I tend to use the wool much thicker, and find it does help, but not when wet.

@sherlockstu Год назад

I’m proper brutal carpet grippers round your grow beds 🙌

@lynnpurfield9430 Год назад

Shock!!!! Lol!

@alexhuxley3355 Год назад

Can we have a no slug week next week on your slug farm! They must bus in from all over London you have so many. Good to cut the long grass surrounding - its a slug hotel. Frogs would help any very local ponds?

@penelopecrichlow7238 Год назад

Emma you should be soo proud. You have got my gardening hater of a partner watching your channel because you make him giggle. I don’t know how much he is taking in but at least he is watching 😂👍👏🏻

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Haha! Maybe you'll find him in the garden potting up celery one day soon... lol! x

@penelopecrichlow7238 Год назад

We can but dream x

@RhiannaCowdy Год назад

actually obssessed with this channel, just what I needed to get my garden going again

@andyfarmer759 Год назад

Your snail experiment was very interesting. The dirty little buggers have really tested my patience this year, so I gave a load of them a nice salt bath this weekend.

@DuffPharming Год назад

Friendly snail is the new Rocky!! 🐌💥🐈

@WilsonsWanderings Год назад

Organic slug pellets from B&Q have worked for me this season to rid my garden of the slug and snail scourge.

@anxiousobsession1621 Год назад

i think she’s looking for a way not too kill them just to deter.

@patstephenso7206 Год назад

Thank you Emma l really enjoyed your vlog and l love the pet snail he really wanted your marigold have fun and thank you again xx

@joycehennequin8469 Год назад

Good experiment Emma for those who now no what NOT to buy 😊 however this video did make me giggle,you softie ❤

@marshmalotoast Год назад

That was amazing to watch and hilarious - blooming snail!😂

@lianggou Год назад

Recently I’ve started leaving left over cucumbers near my dahlias and hostas as a sacrifice and every morning I can see the cucumbers being munched on and no more plants being nibbled on. Maybe when the slugs and snails are well fed, they’d leave what we want to protect？ maybe?

@lynnpurfield9430 Год назад

What is a left over cucumber?

@legzakimbo1 Год назад

I think leftover cucumbers are the shrivelled up end bits left to rot in the bottom of the fridge. Either that or they're buying too many cucumbers!

@lianggou Год назад

@@lynnpurfield9430 some cucumbers that were left forgotten in the fridge 😄

@lianggou Год назад

@@legzakimbo1 exactly that!

@donnwaterhouse8969 Год назад

Mr, Snail figured if he releases lots of yucky sludge, he's okay. Thank you for the new wooly deterrent fail 😅

@bristolveggiebeds5310 Год назад

Funny watching the snail experiment!

@albertchalmers96 Год назад

Hi Emma love your video got three of the raised beds with spouts cabbage and cauliflowers kale purple broccoli and normal broccoli 🥦🥦 and leeks in the polytunnel peppers Chile pepper and some Mellons and sweetcorn looking good green fingers pet

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Sounds amazing! I need to get my brassicas out, just waiting for them to grow a bit bigger x

@elizabethreeves6663 Год назад

I loved this science experiment episode... I reckon you just have a snail who thinks he is competing for the gladiators... he'll be sliming up the travellator in a minute

@audrey3077 Год назад

I've recently had a tip of using ash from a woodstove or fire pit around your plants , going to be trying this next time

@66REDD66 Год назад

Works so well!! 👍👍

@garyclifton2180 Год назад

Brilliant Emma just the video we needed can you give wire wool a try being as Ur trying everything great video xx

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Wire wool, great idea! x

@jadegrowsveg Год назад

😂😂😂 The snail experiment was as hilarious as it was gutting 🤣🐌

@Happy-tc2jt Год назад

I know ..they are a nightmare...I lost lovely dahlias tender new shoots, beautiful tumbling Tom tomatoe seedlings,and baby lupins😮😮😮.....they were in pots,in a mini greenhouse...on a high shelf....maybe they have wings and can fly at night time😂😂😂

@karensmith2517 Год назад

Hi emma i loved iour smail experment. Thanks for sharing

@DarlaPitman Год назад

Hey, Emma. I just saw a video by Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) called "the ultimate chemical free slug and snail garden trap, and thought of you. It looks interesting and would be easy and inexpensive enough to try.

@wewatchyoutube736 Год назад

I think this is my all time favourite gardening video. This snail is actually really cute.

@irenedoyle3421 Год назад

I use organic slug pellets, my garden used to be overrun with snails and slugs and nothing survived, i only use them while the plants are seedlings, then i stop using them, they can be used in organic vegetable gardening and are not poisonous to pets or wildlife, the slug eats the pellet then stops eating and go underground to die so you dont get the slimey mess like you do with chemical slug pellets, theyre great for keeping the slug population down, ive been using them for about 3 or 4 years now and its been a game changer

@elainemcgran8828 Год назад

When u plant anything especially tomato plant dig your hole put plenty of water in before the plant and don't water for a week or so. This makes the roots stronger as they go deeper looking for water. Put the oil onto the wool

@beverley1539 Год назад

Hiya Emma, truly enjoyed a visit at the plot with you. Reason honestly you showed many a slug/snail experiments I was lol but intrigued at the same time. Other ytube creators would have dragged it out over 10 + videos if you understand what I mean? Oh great childrens book title( ADVENTURES OF SAMMY THE SNAIL )as you mentioned a few vids back Anywhoo lol glad you gave it a treat for all its time. Blessings luv southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Oh yes he did a great job in helping me out so I couldn't not feed him! x

@foodandstuff2724 Год назад

Try a beer trap, worked for me. Old bean can buried flush with ground and a cover that keeps rain out but let's them in with a cheap can of beer poured in about half way up can,

@TheSammybing Год назад

Love the experiment really useful! I don't like killing snails, love you gave him a meal at the end. I relocate them away from my plot and hope the amphibians 🐸 eat the rest

@andymatts8010 Год назад

Loving the experiments Emma, know what not to buy 😊 thanks .one more trial is to put the peppermint drops on the wool stuff combine the 2 ,worth a try

@penelopecrichlow7238 Год назад

Oooh I hope she does try it😂😂

@sallyburton5129 Год назад

I am trying the round metal pan scrubbers idea.. stretching them out and putting around either the pot or base of plant. Seems to be working so far, fingers crossed

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Great idea! x

@mygardenanddinosaurs Год назад

Brilliant. Loved the experiment. Well done little snail, hope you enjoyed your well deserved meal. I think a combination of controls works best. For example, beer traps and egg shells, or copper tape and strultch. I figure they get fed up trying if you hit them with lots of deterrents. Well, some do anyway. Have you tried anti slug halos? They are plastic rings that you put round plants. They have a lip that slugs find it hard to get round. Maybe try these for your more prized specimens. All the best. Mags

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

I totally agree, you need lots of different deterrents going on at the same time. Especially if you want to avoid killing them all! x

@jennyjohnson9012 Год назад

Oh crikey looks like nothing works. I've tried the Slugless pellets you showed, with some success. They ate three of my peas but haven't touched them since. Also trying coffee grounds, wood ash and human hair out of a hairbrush!! Trying everything ! I had my Parsnips covered and when I took the fleece off there was about 10 slugs underneath. You can't win!!

@seekingvision Год назад

I’ve had great results with the copper tape stuck all around large black plastic pots. I haven’t tried it in any other ways. I always end up having to buy organic slug pellets for my allotment. Even Nematodes only worked for a short while. Going to try Strultch next

@jomac3381 Год назад

Love your vlogs 🐌🌷😆

@AnikaL0vesCotton Год назад

Love watching 😊thanks

@philippahobart4499 Год назад

We've got loads of mushrooms too! I'm wondering if compost now includes ex-mushroom compost???

@debbierigby9453 Год назад

Love your experiment x

@EmmasGarden23 Год назад

That was fab so funny x

@lindaalbano6868 Год назад

Thank you miss emma

@elsdriessen4125 Год назад

This is the funniest i've seen in long time, you'r hilarisch 😂😂

@lindabuchan5855 Год назад

You can buy the organic slug pellets, safe for animals & children, probably cheaper too Emma 👍

@marieboileau950 Год назад

Hi Emma please try used grounded coffee ,you could get that free in any coffee shops if asked, Ash is good too but for me the best tool is plastic bottle when the plant are still Yang and juicy best of luck

@loki7441 11 месяцев назад

I going to hazard a guess the compost on your bed with the mushrooms and abundant weeds is from B&Q's own range of compost. It used to be reasonable, but I stopped using it a few years ago as it grew weeds faster than veg and was full of plastic and lumps of timber. Oh the mushrooms apparently are free with it but I'm not sure if they are safe to eat. So for a little bit more money I got one of the more mainline compost brands. Less time spent pulling weeds

@rebeccafairweather8611 Год назад

Absolutely hilarious! Had me in fits of giggles! Thanks so much 😂

@sylviabradley7355 Год назад

I loved the snail experiment 💥

@jackparton3198 Год назад

Wow great job with the science project and another amazing video keep up the great work

@kory6695 Год назад

That was incredible !!!really a great bit of filming.. Thank you, and congratulations on this one ..

@Jessicabroadnax0522 Год назад

Those were good tries !!!!! You just keep me smiling

@irenesmith5676 Год назад

Hi Emma loved the experiment

@annemariemoormann996 Год назад

Great vid as always 😊

@livechangechallenge Год назад

Awww Emma, I was so hopeful for you! I’ve just put my rocket out and mad a damn of slug pellets, all still intact 😊

@adrianwood4661 Год назад

Hi enjoy the rest of the week

@wormfriend5625 Год назад

That was great fun watching your experiment with snails very interesting thank you.

@Salutaris13074 Год назад

You are hilarious. Love your channel.

@yinnikkuma Год назад

I’ve recently protected my pumpkins with the wool that comes with the butternut box (pet food delivery), it looks a lot like the wool you bought! Can’t believe you have a lil test subject 😂

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Oh that's great! Wool is working so far so fingers crossed x

@Plotonthehill Год назад

Love it 🤣🤣... They're determined little pests. X

@tommeltje1 Год назад

😂 I loved your snail experiment! Great vlog..😊

@katarinaericsson7871 Год назад

Vi looove you Emma

@STOprozentoB Год назад

Emma, mustard powder should help with snails and slugs. You haven't used it yet. But it helped me once and saved my cabbage.

@sharonmanship-artmanship5586 Год назад

I love your channel, thank you for making such brilliant and entertaining videos, Emma! I have found that cutting up old plastic bottles and placing them round the base of the plant (mainly) works for me…it has saved my sunflowers, apart from one where sneaky snail climbed up the fence, down the supporting cane and onto the plant 😬

@joannakracher9507 Год назад

Fantastic experiment with the snail! I love it that you paid him for his cooperation ❤. Keep up the work, something will survive!

@gardennonsense Год назад

Been raining every day here in Denver Colorado. Things are finally growing. Zone 5. Sweet corn. I have chickens for the slugs. you have a lot growing. Looks good. Good luck with the slugs.

@lynnpurfield9430 Год назад

Love the experiments but the snail was way too cute😂

@stuffthings3481 Год назад

Loved the Fred the snail experiment well done for rewarding him. I like snails I dislike slugs. Slugs always in my kitchen😡

@carolwhite6979 Год назад

Emma! Your shots of the snail testing the "deterents' are amazing!

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Thank you! x

@PreppingAngel Год назад

I use beneficial Nematodes in my garden. I haven't seen any as well as grubs in my soil. We have trouble with Japanese Beetles in the states

@belindablunderbus1365 Год назад

What a lovely channel to find, and just what I need for my messy plot! Thanks for the experiments! 🐌

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Ah, so glad I'm giving you some motivation! x

@Warwck24 Год назад

Omgosh love yr chatter w the snail oh no ! Lol well almost on the wool, are you sure you dont know this snail? Real life aargh love it

@dereknash3638 Год назад

Another snail/slug deterrent is to try horticultural (potting) grit around snail-susceptible plants: not shingle, which is rounded, but washed horticultural grit which is generally very angular and should make it as difficult as possible for the snail to cross! It’s also good for the soil. As slugs/snails are moisture loving creatures water plants early in the day rather than the evening, so the ground has had time to dry out a lot as they tend to tuck into your plants during the night when it’s cooler.

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Great tips, thank you so much! I'll look into some of that grit1 x

@southernyankeebeauty15 Год назад

Try a vinegar spray also the beer traps work but they do kill them.

@Sk18491 Год назад

Try wood Ash, it might be helpful 😊

@rebeccazody1278 Год назад

Mushrooms are a sign your soil is good. Emma- your snail experiment made me lol! You are great!

@tinagardner3112 Год назад

I’ve tried everything, I hate killing them as my youngest granddaughter loves them, but last weekend I gave them a plastic pot each and a pot full off pilsner larger, told them to go around the garden + collect every snail they could find then added them to to larger bar n told the youngest they where going to a party 👍🏻 cruel but needed to do something drastic I also tried cutting down a stinging nettle cutting it into pieces and placing it around plants it does work but fiddle also stinging nettles are very good for breaking down into the soil

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Lol! My kids stop to rescue them on the way to school when they are in the middle of the pavement!

@anxiousobsession1621 Год назад

have you tried coffe grounds ? it won’t hurt them but will hopefully keep them away!

@donnwaterhouse8969 Год назад

Yes, mushrooms are okay 😊

@ThatBritishHomestead Год назад

The snails and slugs are our of control this year!

@2feelgoods Год назад

belt and braces is the only way! I bake egg shells and grind them to surround potential slug/snail food...sometimes it seems to work.....coffee grounds hmmm maybe...

@paulineyoung6079 Год назад

Beer traps are definitely the best way

@legzakimbo1 Год назад

That snail looked like he was really looking up at you and responding to your voice.

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

He did a great job x

@darrensnosrap3914 Год назад

Thanks Emma, Entertaining and Informative. Love the experiment and your assistant, another experiment you could try is things slugs and snail prefer to eat I.e. Sacrifices like old Cucumbers and Lettuce .

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Yes, good plan! I'm growing more than I need so I can start planting out double soon and sacrifice some x

@bobwilliams5506 Год назад

Made me laugh again, young lady! Thank you for that. Far too few laughs in the world today.

@samandbencolliesurbex577 Год назад

OMG, I got a bunch of those dodgy looking mushrooms. I pulled them up and binned them, some mushrooms are toxic / fatal

@sharon1615 Год назад

Brilliant seeing that snail glad you fed him, I think it's bad theses companies sell us stuff that clearly don't work, I'm going direct sow for a lot of things now just to see what happens. Fab vlog Emma have a great week 🥰

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

Yes, just keep whacking stuff in I think, that's the best method. Keep growing until some things manage to avoid being eaten! x

@helenstewart2085 Год назад

Cut plastic soft drink bottles in half, use to cover the plants that slugs and snails like, beer traps work beer in a dish bury so the lip is at ground level. Create a warm, dark, dry home for them then check every week over winter, during the summer they prefer a damp, cool spot, a piece of board placed in among your vegetables and check daily. Starlings work but drive me nuts because they are scratching in the garden all the time, but very little slug or snail damage.

@melishamartin-lacey8733 Год назад

poxy snails, give coffeee grounds a try and that will also add nutrients to your soil, good luck, i will give it a try too as my garden is full of snails

@sharonbownes5170 Год назад

Great experiment Emma, I was shocked, like you that the snail would move over the copper wire. Just goes to show that all these products they sell us gardeners with claims that they keep off snails and slugs are all wrong. I’ve now ordered my strulch and got my beer traps and slugless pellets ready to cover the plot! Fingers crossed we do get to grow some veggies!

@emmasallotmentdiaries Год назад

I've found the slug less and strulch to work well but only if used in large quantities AND they work better when wet. So don't let them dry out! x

@stuartallen8310 Год назад

Slug pellets will end your problem Emma

@melina1337 Год назад

Hi Emma I found u today and your videos are funny and also educational .. I have a small allotment in Central London and a complete novice .. I have got runner bean plants growing and if slugs start eating them i am gonna be double gutted as it's the first veg i have grown .. I need to researdh how to stop them