Eaten by Slugs

Author: AlexE

  • Barrier: Slug Lady – she’s cheap

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    Ok, enough of the sexist language, Slug lady is one of the cheapest solid barrier methods you can try. “Slug Lady Red/Black – gain the upper hand with these effective eco-friendly recycled boards that give individual protection to each plant for 3 weeks. Impregnated with salt and sulphate, a slug-and-snail repelling ring forms round the…

  • Article: Royal Horticultural Society – Gardening Advice: Slugs

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    There are about seven species of slugs that are garden pests. They can do damage throughout the year on a wide range of plants, but seedlings and new growth on herbaceous plants in spring are most at risk and may need protection. Most slugs live in or on the soil surface, but keeled slugs (Milax…

  • What is going on?

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    This blog will deal with an issue all of us British gardeners have to deal with, slugs. Hopefully, as I find resources on the web, I’ll add them here (or at least link to them) so that you don’t have to do the searching. This being the world wide web, hopefully we’ll get a few comments from…

  • Control: Doing it the biological way: Nematodes

    Control: Doing it the biological way: Nematodes

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    There are a while host of ways to control slugs in your garden but one of the increasingly popular methods is biological control. This could be in the form of large scale predators (birds, hedgehogs, frogs etc.) or you could go small and try Nematodes. Nemaslug Slug Killer Nemaslug controls all common species of small…