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Every gardener knows that sinking feeling we get when our treasured plants are destroyed by hordes of slithering slugs. It’s devastating – all our time and efforts lost.
And to make matters worse, traditional slug pellets kill garden wildlife like birds, hedgehogs and toads too.
But fear not! Ben is here to demonstrate several wildlife-friendly methods that will protect our plants from slugs and snails.
I’m making this tonight. Thanks Ben & Rosie!! Happy Harvesting!! Love from the hills of TN!!
Thanks, great video.
I feed them to my chickens, but love your tips!
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Brilliant advice!
I use beer traps, having a good relationship with my local bar owner, who saves his drip tray contents for me.
Sheep’s wool did not work. I got free, raw wool 1 year & that did not dissuade them… 🙄
Thank you for the amazing videos!
I have been finding snails in my compost bucket (actually a large pot). At first I would toss them as far away as I could to become bird food.
But then I realized that they were only eating my decaying material so now I retain them. If i ever see signs of them eating my live veggies then I will not be so kind.
I’ve read about making slug nematodes, using a container of water, adding some leaves as food and a collection of slugs. Apparently the worms which feed on slugs and are naturally present in them, will collect in the water which you can water onto your beds. Do you know if this is a true remedy for slugs Ben?
They sure seem to love young cannabis clones! Little bastards! 🤬
I've been using slug pellets in my garden for as long as I can remember.
My soil is full of worms, and I've never seen a bird die from pellets.
Cats are a lots more of a wildlife killer than anything else in the uk
Thanks, Ben! I've had good luck with the flour & water + yeast solution.
what about diatomaceous earth just around the plant stalks ?
Can you include written notes for hard of hearing
When you have collected live slugs, what do you do with them?
Very helpful thank you
A saucer off left over beer works a treat , it’s like crop circles they’re wasted drunk and go round round singing show me the way to the next whiskey bar . 😂
Great video Ben, don't forget to mention to encourage hedgehogs into the garden, making a small home from sticks and tree branches is all we need to do, then just sit back and watch the spiky little critters demolish the slugs!
If the egg shells are baked they do work as they become brittle and slugs don’t like going over
I have been doing that to protect my delphiniums for over 20 years and it works
I leave a tray at the bottom on my oven so they get baked when I bake cakes etc so I don’t use extra electricity baking them
I was in my garden last evening collect slugs. And found I've a new visitor to help me with the slug issue. A medium size hedgehog has mo ed in to my city garden.
He or she is so cute
I don't want no slugs, slugs is a guy that can't get no love from me. I also don't want any snails. They have ruined entire gardens of mine. 😭
Gorse is a very good barrier. I'm also trying pine cones (female cones are best). Please gather both things responsibly.
I am trying Diatomaceous Earth this year. I use it to keep bugs and smell out of my chicken coop and run.
I just dug a moat around my vegetable beds and keep it filled with water. Seems to do the trick.
I think there are a few slugs that do not eat living foliage. However, for years I have had my hostas' leaves ravaged and full of holes as soon as they appear. I went into battle with the culprit, the dreaded Vine Weevil. It took two years of bombarding my gardening with Nematodes and this year my hostas are fabulous with no signs of leaf damage at all. Slugs are not always the culprit. As many will know, the Vine Weevil eats foliage and its young, larvae, devour roots.