How to Get Rid of Garden Slugs
Use beer or milk traps for important plants.. Kill slugs with a cornmeal trap.. Lure slugs with humane traps.
Steps
1
Use beer or milk traps for important plants.
Use beer or milk traps for important plants.
2
Kill slugs with a cornmeal trap.
Kill slugs with a cornmeal trap.
3
Lure slugs with humane traps.
Lure slugs with humane traps.
4
Protect traps from rain and pets.
Protect traps from rain and pets.
5
Go hunting for snails at night.
Go hunting for snails at night.
6
Keep your garden dry.
Keep your garden dry.
7
Create mulch or tea from certain plants.
Create mulch or tea from certain plants.
8
Make a copper strip barrier.
Make a copper strip barrier.
9
Sprinkle salt on non-soil surfaces.
Sprinkle salt on non-soil surfaces.
10
Build folk remedy barriers.
Build folk remedy barriers.
11
Grow plants that deter slugs.
Grow plants that deter slugs.
12
Consider using more powerful (but more hazardous) barriers.
Consider using more powerful (but more hazardous) barriers.
13
Introduce ground beetles.
Introduce ground beetles.
14
Use birds to your advantage.
Use birds to your advantage.
15
Bring in some toads.
Bring in some toads.
16
Commit to nematodes if necessary.
Commit to nematodes if necessary.
17
Spray slugs with ammonia.
Spray slugs with ammonia.
18
Use iron phosphate pellets.
Use iron phosphate pellets.
19
Try metaldehyde.
Try metaldehyde.
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