Moan, moan, moan----get it off your chest or have a chat

[Paul T]

Martin,

Sounds like you've been doing some study on the proper torture techniques as well.  

Tony,

Good luck with the reconnect.  

[Martin Baxendale]

Paul, if I find the slug responsible, it's going to die very, very slowly!

[Tony Willis]

Martin

I cannot tell if your pollen has taken yet but if so we can share the seeds. So far mine looks to have enjoyed the experience although it has not started to droop yet! With luck it will set. I have it under cover in the greenhouse.

Thanks Paul ,I have no faith but a miracle may happen.

[Anthony Darby]

A halo of salt gives a good, slow death Martin!

[Martin Baxendale]

A halo of salt gives a good, slow death Martin!

I think a violent death is called for Anthony. Maybe the salt first, then the scissors...

Tony, thanks for the offer. My other flower had a mix of your pollen and pollen from my other flower. Hopefully it'll produce some seed. If not, I'll check back with you to see how yours did.

[Paul T]

I was thinking a circle of salt and left out in the sun for a really slow death.... then I remembered that we ARE talking about the UK so there wasn't much chance of there being enough sun to kill it. 

 

[johnw]

A halo of salt gives a good, slow death Martin!

I think a violent death is called for Anthony. Maybe the salt first, then the scissors...

If you really want to torture the poor thing then hold the salt and start with freshly ground Tellicherry black pepper. Salt & scissors later to end its mental anguish.

johnw

[Maggi Young]

You'd never guess that you are all quite nice blokes really.... you sound like a bunch of mass murderers on here! 
Which reminds me..... must put Provado on shopping list...... flippin' vine weevils in my rhodos.....

[johnw]

You'd never guess that you are all quite nice blokes really.... you sound like a bunch of mass murderers on here! 
Which reminds me..... must put Provado on shopping list...... flippin' vine weevils in my rhodos.....

Are you telling us you don't enjoy the satisfying crunch of a weevil under foot?   

johnw

[Paul T]

so many, sad, "lesser of two weevils" jokes are running through my head.  I'm resisting, but it is difficult. 

 

[Rodger Whitlock]

Are you telling us you don't enjoy the satisfying crunch of a weevil under foot? 

Real men (and women) just crunch 'em between thumb and index finger. Don't be so squeamish.

[Paul T]

Well... real men/women who like to wash their hands a lot, anyway.    I hope you don't do the hands on approach to slugs as well Rodger.  Gooey!!  

[Rodger Whitlock]

Well... real men/women who like to wash their hands a lot, anyway.    I hope you don't do the hands on approach to slugs as well Rodger.  Gooey!!  

Slugs get a hands-on treatment too, but not in the sense I think you mean. I pick them up with my fingers and drop them in a tub of soapy water at night. When the tub is full of slugs, caterpillars, and weevils, into the house and flush it all down the toilet.

Gooey is the right word. Slug slime is very difficult to wash off!

I've tried wearing thin rubber gloves that you can throw away, but they dull the sense of touch too much.

[Ragged Robin]

I pick them up with my fingers and drop them in a tub of soapy water at night. When the tub is full of slugs, caterpillars, and weevils, into the house and flush it all down the toilet.

So now someone else is frothing at the mouth over slugs and snails - in the sewer 

[David Shaw]

I have just been putting Broad Bean stalks through the shredder en-rout to the compost bin. I did not bother to take the nice big snails off the leaves first!!!