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No killer bait works better & more lastingly than Iron phosphate (such as
in Sluggo); & no other bait is honestly non-toxic. If timed well the adult
slugs are killed before they reproduce & the slug population will lower
each year even without a lot of applications. All other baits work from a
tiny bit to not at all.

What would be the optimum timing?

Slugs could conceivably lay eggs year round in continuously cool moist
conditions, but such conditions don't exist many places. Their prime
laying time can vary from region to region, but in western Washington &
Oregon they don't lay eggs in winter or in summer. They lay the majority
of their eggs in autumn, about September/October, so kill all the adults
by the time the first hard September rains arrive. A secondary laying
period is March/April. For each one killed by September or at the very
start of March, that'll mean 200 to 400 babies that won't arrive in the
garden that year, as one slug will lay that many eggs in batches of thirty
or fifty throughout the garden.

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