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Problems with slugs in my garden
Hi,
I'm new here and I was wondering if anyone has a good solution to getting rid of slugs in their gardens. They eat almost everything in my garden it seems. I do put down eggshells, but the birds come down and pick them up all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! Kathy |
Problems with slugs in my garden
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Problems with slugs in my garden
"Helenkeller2" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm new here and I was wondering if anyone has a good solution to getting rid of slugs in their gardens. They eat almost everything in my garden it seems. I do put down eggshells, but the birds come down and pick them up all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! Kathy The PNW has got to be the slug capital of the universe - they even name festivals after them here! I have found that having a wide assortment of plants seems to limit the damage. Otherwise, hunt for and remove egg sacs early in the season, get rid of debris slugs like to hide under and use a child- and pet-friendly control like Sluggo or Escar-Go. I also go on slug patrol in the evening in summer after I water - they seem to be most active and visible at this time of day. I either chop them in half, toss 'em into the road or salt them. Brutal but necessary. pam - gardengal |
Problems with slugs in my garden
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Problems with slugs in my garden
"Pam - gardengal" wrote in message
news:z9Q3c.1460$i76.26708@attbi_s03... snip I also go on slug patrol in the evening in summer after I water - they seem to be most active and visible at this time of day. I either chop them in half, toss 'em into the road or salt them. Brutal but necessary. pam - gardengal Yeah, but don't you say with sadistic glee when you put the salt on them, "Bubble you miserable thing." or, "Eat my hostas now with half a digestive system!"? as you slice the beasties in two. :) John |
Problems with slugs in my garden
Dick Zielinski wrote:
...There are plenty of poisons on the market... I don't like to use them because of small animals, but I end up doing it anyway. but only with limited success.... I don't have significant slug problems, but I've heard that they like to congregate under cover of something during the heat of the day. Placing a board in the garden will provide them with some shelter. All you have to do then is lift the board and collect them. Alternatively, you could place the slug poison there and the board will keep small animals from getting to it. |
Problems with slugs in my garden
Dick Zielinski wrote:
...There are plenty of poisons on the market... I don't like to use them because of small animals, but I end up doing it anyway. but only with limited success.... I don't have significant slug problems, but I've heard that they like to congregate under cover of something during the heat of the day. Placing a board in the garden will provide them with some shelter. All you have to do then is lift the board and collect them. Alternatively, you could place the slug poison there and the board will keep small animals from getting to it. |
Problems with slugs in my garden
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Problems with slugs in my garden
Besides picking them off, I've heard (but haven't yet tried) that you can
turn the board over in the morning after the slugs have congregated, exposing them to birds who consider them a tasy treat. Anybody tried that? "Dwight Sipler" wrote in message ... Dick Zielinski wrote: ...There are plenty of poisons on the market... I don't like to use them because of small animals, but I end up doing it anyway. but only with limited success.... I don't have significant slug problems, but I've heard that they like to congregate under cover of something during the heat of the day. Placing a board in the garden will provide them with some shelter. All you have to do then is lift the board and collect them. Alternatively, you could place the slug poison there and the board will keep small animals from getting to it. |
Problems with slugs in my garden
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Problems with slugs in my garden
"Helenkeller2" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm new here and I was wondering if anyone has a good solution to getting rid of slugs in their gardens. They eat almost everything in my garden it seems. I do put down eggshells, but the birds come down and pick them up all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! Kathy Beer! (1) Leave dishes (cut down plastic bottles/containers) around with 1/2in of beer in the bottom and they will crawl in and drown. No toxic chemicals involved. Your karma is preserved as they die happy. You have to dispose of the corpses to where the ants can get them though and renew after rain. (2) Drink it and forget about the slugs. David |
Problems with slugs in my garden
What "harm" do slugs do in the garden? Sorry, my slug expertise is lacking.
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Problems with slugs in my garden
Janice wrote in message . ..
I did that.. once.... never again. It killed hundreds of worms, ground beetles that feed on slugs, and a few slugs. The stench from the carnage lasted a week.. it was disgusting. It didn't make much of a dent in the slug population, but it sure did in the slug predators and the worms! slug bait is indeed quite a poison, and all other methods a nuisance (yes, you can spread either coffee grounds, diom(sp?) earth, hair or wood ash around each seedlings, but you have to do it for each seedling, reapply after time or heavy rains, etc). the beer is only marginally useful, at least with the smaller, grey, eastern slugs I have, not if you have thousands like I used to have. Hand picking works every time (faster to bring a bucket of soap water and dump them in) but if you have to pick over a hundred every night for weeks it can get tiring. sluggo works all the time, and now I only need a light sprinkling every May (about 1/4 of can). I can even indulge in my favorite low-maint. gardening technique, composting directly in the beds, without fear of providing food/shelter for the slugs. |
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