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Definition of slug pellet in English: slug pelletnoun A pellet containing a substance poisonous to slugs, placed among growing plants to prevent them being damaged. Example sentencesExamples - 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.
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