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NeoGreen

(4,033 posts)
Fri Jun 1, 2018, 12:02 PM Jun 2018

12 ways to get rid of slugs naturally

https://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/12-ways-get-rid-slugs-naturally.html




12 ways to get rid of slugs naturally
Melissa Breyer
May 29, 2018

Get rid of slugs (and snails) without the use of pesticides that harm beneficial creatures and pollute our waterways.

I’ve always loved slugs and snails for their cute storybook-character looks and because they’re just cool little creatures. But slugs and snails in the garden eating the things that I want to eat; this I do not love. Because along with those adorable optic tentacles comes a voracious mouth that files through leaves and fruit, ruining it for the rest of us.

While there are all kinds of slug-killing concoctions available, using toxic pesticides is bad for beneficial insects and bad for our waterways. So instead, if you are suffering from an assault of slugs, try one of these instead.

1. Allow natural predators to thrive
Since invasive species are not fun, we should all be wary of introducing new kinds of creatures to an ecosystem unless they are native and would be there anyway. That said, you can encourage native slug-hungry predators to inhabit your garden. For example, birds love slugs, so you could install a bird bath. Who else likes slugs? Ducks, chickens, nematodes, frogs, salamanders, newts, toads, snakes, turtles, hedgehogs, shrews, praying mantises, ground beetles, rove beetles, and fireflies, for starters.

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12 ways to get rid of slugs naturally (Original Post) NeoGreen Jun 2018 OP
Or we can all get out and vote in November! I wonder what would happen of someone threw salt on brewens Jun 2018 #1
He would burst into flames DBoon Jun 2018 #2
Can we set out a big pool of beer on the WH lawn? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #3
Slugs have done a real job on my kale. Yesterday I followed instructions Vinca Jun 2018 #4
my garter snakes do a good job. mopinko Jun 2018 #5
 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
1. Or we can all get out and vote in November! I wonder what would happen of someone threw salt on
Fri Jun 1, 2018, 12:07 PM
Jun 2018

Trump?

Vinca

(51,033 posts)
4. Slugs have done a real job on my kale. Yesterday I followed instructions
Sat Jun 2, 2018, 11:45 AM
Jun 2018

for a homemade concoction of water, flour, yeast and sugar and made a trap out of a sour cream container which I planted in the ground in the middle of the kale. No slugs caught yet, but no more damage to the kale. Maybe I scared the miserable suckers. LOL.

mopinko

(71,802 posts)
5. my garter snakes do a good job.
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 10:41 AM
Jun 2018

one thing about hugelkultur is that it creates a lot of room for wildlife, and the garter snakes love my farm.
have always had them, and they are flourishing all around my hood the last couple years.

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