ollie989898
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Does anyone here apply slug pellets a couple of days before ploughing if you’re seeing a lot of slugs on the land?
I’ve done it a couple of times and I “think” it does a good job of taking out the adults. Granted there will likely be eggs present but it should help the crop to get away somewhat.
Just like poisoning rodents, you’d expect a good uptake of the pellets when the slugs don’t have much else to eat.
I wouldn't apply them ahead of ploughing. Apply them after drilling but leave it a couple of days as the preceding passes of machinery will mess them about. Apply pellets and then walk it again after an interval. If pellets are still evident, no problem. If they are going or gone, hunt around under turf or clods or under the soil surface and see how many adults or eggs you can find. After a week or so in the ground, you should dig around to examine the seed and make sure it is intact.
Half the battle is ensuring the seed is well covered and surrounded by fine dirt so that it will germinate evenly and get away.
Jebus, I never thought ferric was as potent as the earlier alternative products but what you guys have mentioned is scary. Two doses of 7kg not being enough is something else.