Slug Repellents

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Listener Nikki from Essex has a problem in her garden with a certain slippery character ? the slug. She told Sliced Bread that she?s lost many a plant to them, and had to abandon growing certain kinds altogether ? because while they?re being a nuisance, she doesn?t want to harm them.

She has been researching non-lethal slug repellents, and wants to know if they actually work? Can things like egg shells, copper tape and wool pellets stop them in their slimy tracks?

We speak to principal entomologist at the Royal Horticultural Society Doctor Hayley Jones, as well as zoologist, ecologist and honorary fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, Doctor Gordon Port to find out. You can also hear us put some slugs through their paces ? as we set up a test to see what they avoid?

All of the ideas for out investigations come from you, our listeners, and we?re always on the lookout for more. If you have seen a wonder product that claims to make you happier, healthier or greener, and want to know if it is SB or BS, then please do send it over on email to [email protected] or drop us a message or voice note on WhatsApp to 07543 306807.

PRESENTER: Greg Foot

PRODUCER: Kate Holdsworth

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
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0:47.1	Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates the wonder products, promising to make you happier, healthier or greener.
0:55.2	Each episode, I run one of your suggested wonder products through the evidence mill to find out if it is indeed the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS.
0:58.1	And today I'm joined by Nikki Batoia from Essex.
0:58.7	Hello, Nikki.
1:00.1	Hi, Greg. How are you?
1:01.2	Very well, thank you.
1:04.6	Nikki, what wonder product would you like us to investigate for you today?
1:06.4	Slug repellents, Greg, please.
1:07.8	Do you have an issue with slugs?
1:09.9	Oh, I love slugs.
1:11.7	I think they've got lovely faces.
1:15.3	They're really sweet and I will not kill anything.
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