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ChrisHB Jun 2022 10:08pm, 7 Jun 2022 21,708 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Bought a dozen dahlias. Planted them. Checked for slugs an hour later - none. Late afternoon - none. Mid-evening as I was going out for a run: 26 found and killed, two plants looking very damaged. A good hour later, on returning: 18 found and killed, one plant unlikely to survive. I have put down poison.
LazyDaisy Jun 2022 7:52am, 8 Jun 2022 36,036 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy Not blue slug pellets I hope Chris , it's illegal to use those now!
Groundhog Jun 2022 10:15am, 8 Jun 2022 4,490 posts	Quote Pin Groundhog I had a hole drilled through my toenail when it was supposed to only go into it. It hurt a bit even though it was a tiny drill. I was at a chiropodist - I think she slipped a bit
Diogenes Jun 2022 11:31am, 8 Jun 2022 70,442 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [I once made a hole in my thumbnail using the heated end of a paper clip to relieve the pressure under the nail - quicker and more convenient than a trip to the see the health centre nurse]
ChrisHB Jun 2022 11:54am, 8 Jun 2022 21,709 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I didn't know that. I shall stop using them forthwith.
Sharkie Jun 2022 12:48pm, 8 Jun 2022 19,929 posts	Quote Pin Sharkie Chris - they might be ok - just as long as they don't contain metaldehyde. Raffo occasionally uses organic slug pellets containing ferric phosphate - this is legal.
Sharkie Jun 2022 12:49pm, 8 Jun 2022 19,930 posts	Quote Pin Sharkie ChrisHB ^
ChrisHB Jun 2022 1:18pm, 8 Jun 2022 21,710 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB thank you.
richmac Jun 2022 1:38pm, 8 Jun 2022 18,914 posts	Quote Pin richmac Forgot to buy insulation tape at lunchtime
Ocelot Spleens Jun 2022 2:12pm, 8 Jun 2022 33,948 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Getting out of bed.