OMG what's happening to my new plant???

No pellets are for killing slugs that attack your plants.
In your case, just half a dozen around the plant would probably work.

Obviously the natural predators aren't doing their job.
Probably away on holiday

Nematodes are a good idea, but for one plant, ........................

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As a certain person used to say, "You cannot be serious".

 

I've cured the solution after going out last night after 1am with spec's and torch and couldn't find nothing...then hubby joined me as he knows I dislike the things...put on his rubber gloves and started hunting right in the middle there was a slug nibbling away like a free meal on the house ...my plant stems are strong but ruined with the munching...so it's coming out and hubby is potting it as he wants to see how strong the plant is...then it's the garden centre for me again but I want a plant that doesn't entice slugs and Alpids...i'll find something

Here's the culprit munching away another waste of money regarding the actual garden itself

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Cos the slugs/snails often ignore the pellets Pete

Pellets used sparingly......spaced out one by one.....is far more effective than tossing out hundreds of pellets. Pellets are an attractant too. Ideally, place them under raised stones, wood, etc so birds, cats, dogs dont access them.
Timing is important with pellets.....a hot dry night is likely to yield no dead slugs; a warm, moist night will yield a lot more. Raining? Then forget it.

 

You're obviously using the wrong kind of pellets mate

If you use the so called organic ones ,based on ferric phosphate, (I'm no chemist), you will think they have been ignored, as the slugs dont die immediately, and go away and hide, to die, or that is what they tell us.

The ones based on Metaldehyde kill the slugs in a very short time and show the slime trails.

Obviously the metaldehyde ones are the ones mostly considered bad for the enviroment, but if used very sparingly around a couple of plants, and the dead bodies removed, I cant see the problem.
Personally I cant imagine anything wanting to eat a dead slug anyway, as I'm yet to spot anything other than the odd desperate crow trying to even eat a live one.

 

No, using same as you suggested Pete
When a slug or snail is comfortably esconced in the foliage of, say, a hosta it is unlikely to seek out or come into contact with any pellet

 

Which ones did I suggest?
You scatter the pellets within the leaves in that instance.

 

They look interesting Pete,

Slug Gone pellets irritate and pull slime off the slug’s foot, so the slugs go off to find easier feeding elsewhere.

These organic slug pellets are made from sheep wool which irritates the slug’s foot,

that should make them easier to catch .
Pet Friendly Slug Pellets - Organic Slug Pellets 3.5L Bag

 

Not the slug pellets I was referring to @martin-f .

Some say they work, maybe they do? but I'd need about 5 tons of the stuff if I put it around every plant
Growing Success Advanced Slug Killer 575g | Wilko

 

Well, I grow more than 20 hostas in the ground and in pots ....all intact. Mixture of the odd pellet (10%?) and nightime torch visit.
Anyway, whatever works for us as individuals I think.
I have a feeling that pellets will be banned in the not too distant future

 

Thanks Pete i will take a look.

 

I've done nighttime stints with a torch myself on bad years, but cant say it's something I do if I can avoid it.
Especially at this time of the year when it gets dark late.

 

That's why you put the pellets or other deterrent down during daytime so when they come out at night rhey don'r even reach the plants.

 

I have a lot of slugs, all sizes and several different kinds. The large green slugs and large fat orange ones are the worst to look at . Surprisingly I don't get that much damage to my plants. . Thought maybe the long grass and weeds might be more attractive to them. I did notice awhile ago that a newly planted Aster in my back garden border was being nibbled on. I was going to put some seaweed around it but then the nibbling stopped and plant has recovered without my help. I think I had watered with liquid seaweed around that time added so maybe slug didn't like the taste on the leaves .