Slugs and snails can make a meal of your garden in a heartbeat. They are vicious little critters that come out at night and have very few predators. Their slime trails are all that is left of their presence, making prevention and control challenging.
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21 Comments
Was hoping for some new techniques to ward off slugs, but sadly none of them are really applicable when you're trying to garden in the PNW, especially in the spring! I've almost given up direct sowing because anytime seedlings come up, the slugs just move in and mow them down. 🙁
Tons of rain this year, the slug population has exploded at my house! I lift the lid of my compost bin and they are everywhere.
My friend told me slugs been eating her beans and broccoli. The weird thing is they left the purple ones untouched. Why do you think? Maybe they thought the purple ones are lavenders? I don't know… Hope someone can help.
Here in Michigan with gotten a lot of rain lately getting out of control and hurting the gardens do what you can
No slugs in Texas? Here in N Texas, we definitely have slugs. Wish we didn't, but we do. Thanks for the tips, Luke. ~ Lisa
Don't put the beer traps out….from my own experience, sure I trapped a boatload of slugs. ….any every slug in the neighborhood came to my garden…I'm just sayin' beer truly does attract slugs…lots of em
Slugs were Decimating my rubarb. I took a solo cup. I put a quarter to a 1/2 of it filled with beer. Any kind of beer They like it. I Bury the solo cup so that it's even with the ground level. They go right for it, drop in and drown happy. About every other day I pull up the cup. I empty out the little corpses and I put more beer in and set it back down.😊
I have deer netting around my garden beds and allow my chickens and ducks to free range between. They do a great job of pest control, especially slugs and grasshoppers. They also eat any weeds that come up through the mulch I have on the ground. When I pull up a crop out of the bed I just leave the netting open and they prepare the bed for the next planting. Ducks particularly love slugs and snails.
My plants were being attacked by slugs! I used Diatomaceous earth and that worked great. I got food grade. Beer in bowls works great. You can get cheap beer and I have never had anything other than slugs in that beer trap. Nothing else in my garden wants that cheap beer.
25' in just an hour?! Oh my.
Prevention is good.
I live in NW OH and the rain has been coming down in buckets, my tomatoes and potatoes leaves are turning yellow. Anything i can do?
We make a moat of coffee grounds at the base of each plant and make sure there are no leaves touching the ground
I'd like to know how to get the slime off the garage doors. I can't even scrub it off. I had a dog years ago. It was a miniature Schnauzer he loved to eat slugs. He made me so mad. I'd take him out at night to go to the bathroom and we'd come inside and all of a sudden he is chewing something like gum. Or he drops one on the floor and I stepped on it barefoot. It was horrible.
Good on, thank you Luke ❤
I live in Central Florida and the bugs just destroyed all my cucumber , zucchini and squash plants , completely ate them all . I will start new seeds to plant for fall the end of July. Hopefully I will get a harvest . Which garlic do you recommend I grow here in October ? thanks .
Mushrooms are great for breaking down the wood chip
The slugs and snails are a nightmare where I live. We have had so much rain and damp weather or it so hot my plants are burning. I have been squishing the snails and sprinkling Epson salt on the slugs. If the slugs are on my plants I flick the off first. In the morning I have killed over 200 slugs, by the end of the day almost 800 and that's NO JOKE !! Slug bait does not work because it is to wet. I have lost a lot of plants so far and I am getting fed up !
I have slugs and snails in Western NY. they have destroyed some plants. We use beer traps away from the plants. Like milk jugs they have to climb in to get the beer. It’s working so far.
#5 you don't have a "pet" opossum! Had one live in my shed last year…
Never had slug or snail problems. Love opossums!
Firefly nymphs prey on slugs and snails. I'd like to see a video on how to attract fireflies to your garden.
I have a major Slug problem this year. I have never had issues with slugs, until this year. They were eating half a squash plant overnight. They loved my broccoli and cauliflower also. I did some research and found copper tape. I do all raised beds, and for me this has worked. But the slugs are still around, I am seeing them daily. Thank you for the tips!