Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => Gardening Section => Topic started by: pompeylee on April 02, 2015, 08:48:13 AM
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Hi all,
Here for the first time of 3 visits this year (in laws here in between) & decided to plant some cucumber plants bought from fetiye market, following day plants had been eaten by what I assume we're slugs or snails, anyone know of repellants I could use or do create a ring of salt?,
Lettuce I had planted last September had survived & was able to use this week.
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There are literally hundreds of snails in gardens, you will see them on the walls of houses. Wait until it rains, they all appear then. Try the D.I.Y. shop in Calis or the one in Fethiye for some slug repellant. Pots of beer will work if you bury them in the soil as the the snails and slugs try to drink it and fall in (probably drunk) and drown. My Father used to do this with his veggie patch. ;D
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Salt or beer is best. Otherwise, with pellets etc., you've got a good chance of poisoning other wildlife.
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My friends next door to me throw all there orange and lemon peels on garden to stop them they grow all veg worth a try .(and they are turkish)
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Go out in dark of the evening, with a torch and a pair of solid boots - provided you only wear the boots in the garden.
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I think they want to kill 'em humanely, not kick 'em to death.
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I was thinking about a quick, humane stomp.
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"Humane Stomp" Colwyn when was that dance doing the rounds?
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There just homeless snails really. Snails are just travellers really with their homes slung on their back.
And they have to eat
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3 chilli plants I bought from fetiye market in April had lovely (& hot) fresh chiillies on in July, hope there still going strong in September along with a tomato plant I rescued from a pathway & the chocolate mint I planted.
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Chilli plants
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Crushed egg shells are an excellent repellent you may also find you may have a resident locust.
As soon as I kill my resident locust, another one moves in a couple of weeks later for a feast.
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Interesting fact # 23865
One of the few things I learnt at school was that grasshoppers are only called locusts when they are in a swarm. So, there's no such thing as 'a locust'.
Ain't the English language fascinatin' ? :)
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Thanks snowtop don't know why I didn't think of eggshells before as eat enough eggs when in calis, didn't know preying mantis could fly until this beastie landed on the balcony, unless someone tells me it's something else?
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Definitely a mantis. They can be a bit scarey when they go into threat mode, but they're not dangerous.
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