Slugs, slugs and more slugs !!!

Islandmaid

We use garlic water, boil 3 x bulbs of garlic, cut in half in approx 2 litres of water, strain and mush the garl flesh through a sieve. When cool, pop into a jar/bottle etc  add about 100ml to a litre of water and spray or water can your most precious plants. 

Works for us - Cheap, Not toxic and the hostas and roses love it 🤩 also it’s anti fungal 

GoldenOldy

No doubt about it, there’s a slime wave! Ate all my daffs in feb, little blighters.

mead18

Feed the birds every day, especially Blackbirds and Starlings. They will also eat the slugs, they love them!
No slug problem in my garden, it really does work 👍

Martico

Night time patrols, chuck them into the compost bin. Win-win all round

twopenny

Given my tips at the start but -

I have hedgehogs. The deposits used to be small but there's a couple of massive ones in the vicinity

I'm thinking one very fat hedgehog this year.

Also feeding small birds the rare? Sparrows have cleared my hedge of box moth and roses of greenfly...........worth the price of seed to tempt them in.

Katiehound

twopenny said:

 

Also feeding small birds the rare? Sparrows have cleared my hedge of box moth and roses of greenfly...........worth the price of seed to tempt them in.

sadly only practical if you are in a no cat zone. ... and currently, a no rat zone!!!

I have a small garden and surrounded by cats who are not bothered about a resident dog!

subjecttocontract

I have been doing regular nightly patrols of my garden for the last few weeks. When I started I was getting at least 50-60 slugs every night. Now I'm down to around 10 per night so it is making a difference. The later the patrol results in more slugs. I reckon I'll be almost slug free by Christmas !

Farway

subjecttocontract said:

 I reckon I'll be almost slug free by Christmas !

Santa will bring you some new ones

-taff

That did make me laugh !

bridie925

Ducks are good for getting rid of slugs