http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Mollusc manslaughter en Fri, 22 May 2026 02:46:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201999 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 13:05:02 +0000 Arellcat 201999@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And the sheer capacity for thought in human brains is Nature's way of saying it expects us to be able to walk or cycle around them. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201998 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:55:32 +0000 PS 201998@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The sheer number of these fellas is Nature's way of saying it expects a lot of them to die, isn't it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201995 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:16:29 +0000 Min 201995@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slippery little suckers. For that reason, best avoided if possible. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201989 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:58:29 +0000 Arellcat 201989@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Slugs and snails are hermaphrodites, not sure "manslaughter" is the correct word? Culpable Gastropodicide?</em></p> <p>They also don't have ears and so won't hear you approaching and be able to run* out of the way.</p> <p>* Other velocities of perambulation are available. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201986 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:49:07 +0000 unhurt 201986@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I assumed that was evidence that paulmilne was cruelly pretending what appeared at first to be Janaist leanings! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201955 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 07:40:41 +0000 gembo 201955@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slugs not keen on salt in fact salt is slug cyanide </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201913 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 13:23:30 +0000 paulmilne 201913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Depends on how far you'll go to avoid harming other living creatures.</p> <p>Line your path with solar power path lights so you have a chance of spotting the beasties. And hoist your bike up instead of wheeling it - sure it's heavy, but that's a small price to pay to save lives, isn't it? </p> <p>You could also scatter salt across your path, that would make it non-slippy as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201850 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:49:50 +0000 acsimpson 201850@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm still working on the later, sadly he's quite good at spotting them on lettuce leaves. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201849 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:48:46 +0000 unhurt 201849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...eating the unripe strawberries or the unripe slugs/snails? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201848 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:46:57 +0000 acsimpson 201848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I findmy passenger totally stops garden pests from attacking the strawbs. Unfortunately this is done by eating them in the not quite ripe yet stage. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201844 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:10:12 +0000 gembo 201844@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The copper tape round the plant pot deters but does not kill snails and slugs? But unhurt, your strawberries stand no chance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201843 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:50:11 +0000 unhurt 201843@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Greenroofer are you suggesting I learn to hate?!<br /> (Actually, I do recall going out into the mother's back garden on a warm, moist night and being able to <em>hear</em> the munching of the hordes of snails on her hostas. Problem is I think snails are more attractive than hostas! The parent doesn't agree though, and I believe war was declared...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201836 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:21:20 +0000 gembo 201836@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They are also partial to the sweet pea </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201828 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:02:59 +0000 Greenroofer 201828@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@unhurt maybe try to develop an interest in hostas or dahlias (both very lovely plants that are much enjoyed by gastropods) so that your perspective changes and you can become more sanguine about the death of the occasional snail. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201812 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 14:59:48 +0000 unhurt 201812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I stand corrected and will adopt your terminology! </p> <p>Slug &amp; Snail Slalom is also going into the word store. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201800 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:13:36 +0000 kaputnik 201800@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Slugs and snails are hermaphrodites, not sure "manslaughter" is the correct word? Culpable Gastropodicide? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201797 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:01:43 +0000 threefromleith 201797@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A good game of Slug &amp; Snail Slalom certainly livens up the ascent of the Balgreen Tram path on a dull, damp morning! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201756 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:19:01 +0000 unhurt 201756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Plants don't go crunch/squish or create horrible piles of orange innards though! So I lean towards saving the plant-eaters. This may change next spring if they eat too many strawberries but for now perhaps it's time to invest in a broom... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201754 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:58:10 +0000 chdot 201754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, it's all the Apple Pie Bakery goods. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201752 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:56:47 +0000 dougal 201752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"I used a beer bath as suggested on here when I was awAy on holiday "</em></p> <p>I wondered what the secret to your youthful complexion was. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201748 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 08:22:53 +0000 Stickman 201748@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There are some days where the Pinkhill path is covered with snails. I've not quite figured out the weather conditions that being them out. It's difficult to avoid them all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201747 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:24:06 +0000 gembo 201747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The population is on the increase so depends on your view around individual snails and slugs? Set against your views on the rights of plants which they eat voraciously?</p> <p>I used a beer bath as suggested on here when I was awAy on holiday to keep them down as they had munched their way through my tatie shaws. A copper strip works round your plant pots. They don't like coffee grins if you want to coat the path? Or a broom for sweeping before you use the path? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15596#post-201744 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 00:05:14 +0000 unhurt 201744@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is anyone else suffering autumnal trauma due to accidentally murderating slugs and snails with their wheels? Currently home has a narrow paved path between a hedge &amp; an overgrown strawberry bed. If I get home after about 6pm it's almost impossible to get my pannier-laden bike to the front door without crushing any of the wee one-footed beasties ranged across the path. Am I going to have to start doing a torch-assisted relocation before I take the bike inside, or should I just toughen up a bit?</p> <p>...I might have previously has issues on the tow path attempting to steer round all the snails I met. Once i'd worked out what those intermittent crunching noises were. Almost as bad as the time I accidentally strimmed a frog. :(</p> <p>(Maybe if I insisted they all wear tiny mollusc-sized hi-viz...?) </p>