A pellet containing a substance poisonous to slugs, placed among growing plants to prevent them being damaged.
除鼻涕虫丸
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It also revealed she never uses slug pellets because they can kill hedgehogs, she doesn't buy peat and has a compost bin.
In 1982 I dare say I bought packets of chemical slug pellets by the gross.
Salt and slug pellets, which also pose a threat to other wildlife, will soon get washed away.
Tentative efforts to avoid using slug pellets turn into an outright war, devoid of morals or compassion.
‘I'm after slug pellets,’ I said, ‘but can't figure out how to get round to them.’
Chemical slug pellets and baits that contain metaldehyde are widely available commercially, however label directions must be followed carefully.
I don't like putting slug pellets down because I imagine them going through all sorts of agonies as they slowly die.
Prevent access to gardens where pesticide or fertilisers have recently been used, especially slug pellets and rodent baits.
For example, I strongly oppose weed killers, fertilisers, slug pellets and the like, whilst all and sundry throw the stuff all over the garden.
The least desirable road to go down is chemical slug pellets, which will kill the slugs but also all other wildlife in the vicinity, including birds.
We want to make sure the release sites have no slug pellets, dogs, badger sets or ponds which the hedgehogs could fall into.
A recent example is a family who have been putting slug pellets on their child's grave, which is not allowed.
There was a time when I would sneer disdainfully at gardeners who resorted to those ugly big vats of non-organic, environmentally unfriendly slug pellets.
I can't think of a green remedy for woodlice, but as far as the snails are concerned, scattering slug pellets on the ground (inside the greenhouse so birds won't be affected) should help a bit.