Getting rid of slugs naturally

David Domoney reveals his ultimate 'no effort' hack for getting rid of slugs naturally

1. Don't water after the sun has set

2. Make a beer trap

3. Wrap your pots in copper tape

4. Dress your soil with rough textures

Snails and Slugs

- mint, sage, lemon balm, monarda, hyssop or rosemary - help drive away slugs

The war on slugs starts at home. Toby Buckland.

- The war on slugs starts at home - Telegraph:

- drop slugs and snails into boiling water
let it stand for few days until it smells strongly
water around endangered crops

- Recipe collect slugs in jar with lid and leave for two days.
Tip out into egg carton and burn them over wood fire in garden grill pan.
Sieve ash and grind down then scatter around plants or border edges in square potagers.
Acts as a deterrent and whilst pepper ash does not go far, a solution using 1part slug ash to nine parts diluting substance (ash or water) can then be ground and poured around plants.
Kept in an airtight tin this dilution can be kept for several years.
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'Sleepless slugs' on rise.

'Sleepless slugs' on rise, say experts - BBC News
"Take action now. What better way to spend a bank holiday weekend than going on a slug hunt."

While many slugs help condition soil by breaking it down and eat decaying plants - and even, in some cases, each other - others feed on fresh leaves and are regarded by gardeners as pests.
Gardeners can help prevent slugs from eating their plants by:
- Removing cover for slugs such as leaves and bricks
- Breaking up soil into smaller chunks so that it dries quicker
- Putting copper tape around plants
- Creating a rough area near their plants with crushed glass or sand
- Putting plants by ponds so water-dwelling predators of slugs, such as frogs and newts, can keep their population down
- Placing plants that repel slugs - such as those from the geranium family - next to those that attract them, including hostas
- Nematode worms - which kill slugs by feeding off them parasitically - can be bought online introduced to soil where slug numbers are high
- BugLife said slug pellets and other chemicals should be avoided because they could be poisonous to other animals, such as birds, cats and dogs
- If you do use slug or snail pellets, the Royal Horticultural Society recommends iron phosphate pellets because they are less toxic

Placing plants that repel slugs - such as:
Bergenia (elephant's ears)
Aquilegia species
Euphorbia species
Digitalis purpurea (foxglove)
Alchmilla mollis (lady's mantle)
Agapanthus
Fuchsia
Geranium species
Astrantia major
Dicentra spectabilis (bleeding heart)

How To Kill Snails and Slugs

How To Kill Snails and Slugs:

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