How to Win the War Against Slugs and Snails
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Article by: Hugh Harris-Evans Slugs are one of the most hated of garden , Chickens in Your Backyard for Fun or Profit pests. You may have spent time carefully planting out your seedlings into the bed, , A Few Simple Facts About Purple Martins but when you return next morning, you find chewed leaves, the growing , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses points nibbled away and a mass of slimy trails all around. All clear evidence that garden , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside slugs, or sometimes snails, have been enjoying a nocturnal feast at your expense. Slugs thrive in moist temperate conditions and feed at night when temperatures , Great Gardening Gift Ideas are greater than 50°F. They love mild winters, , June Gardening Tips wet springs, , A Quick Guide To Yard Bridges moist summers, , Five Key Factors that Affect your Potted Plants in Winter and irrigation. When you look at ways of protecting your plants, , Home for a Gnome? the large number of defences and remedies that have been suggested indicates the extent of the problem. Since slugs need somewhere to hide during the day, the first line of defense is to keep your garden , Aluminum Strap Patio Furniture for the Poolside tidy and remove any flat stones, , The World of Herbs boards, pots , A Quick Guide To Yard Bridges or piles of damp plant , Designing Your Flower Garden For Year-Round Beauty refuse. Once you have achieved this, here is a list of other methods that you can try: Barriers. Slugs dislike rough surfaces so sprinkle crushed eggshells, sharp grit, lime or Diatomaceous Earth , Five Key Factors that Affect your Potted Plants in Winter around the stems of your plants. , Wild Flower Garden - Make Amends...Your s Will Love It Copper , How to Grow Sweet Corn strips are also an effective barrier since contact produces an electrical charge which slugs dislike. Copper , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips wire shaped into a tight conical spiral with the narrow end buried in the soil , Landscaping Combo Auto Detailing Business? is an alternative. In each case make sure that there are no slugs inside , Planting a Garden Pond the barrier when you put it in place. , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts Active measures. Collect by hand and destroy by sprinkling with salt or dunking in a bucket of soapy water. , Five Key Factors that Affect your Potted Plants in Winter This is best done after dark. Trap by placing small pieces of board or flat stones , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts near your plants. , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter Each morning check the traps and dispose of all slugs that you find. Beer trap. Sink a small bowl into the bed , Care Tips for Planting and Growing Orchids Inside Your House and fill with a mixture of beer and water. , Buying or Building Your Own Fountain Slugs are attracted by the smell and will fall , Starting with a Water Garden in and drown. Some people have found non-alcholic beer to be more effective. Keep the bowl covered to prevent other creatures taking the bait. There is a commercial version called Slug-X which can just be placed on the surface of the soil. , Care Tips for Planting and Growing Orchids Inside Your House Treats. Place , Garden Ponds grapefruit peel or old lettuce leaves near the plants , Garden Room Basics you are trying to protect in the hopes that the slugs will be distracted. Another suggestion is to plant , Lawn Care and Fertilizer Tip to Create a Great Lawn marigolds in the bed , A Few Simple Facts About Purple Martins since slugs love these and so will ignore your favored plants. , Basics of Landscaping However others claim that slugs seem to avoid plants , Home for a Gnome? with strong-smelling foliage, such as marigolds. Iron Phosphate granules. These granules have a wheat aroma to attract slugs. After eating them, slugs stop feeding, dry out, and die within a few days. This is a non-toxic product , The World of Herbs which is available commercially as Sluggo. Chemical treatments include ammonia. Dilute with an equal quantity of water , Japanese Gardens – Basic Design Questions That Should Be Addressed and spray on soil , Lawnmowers and How to Save Work Installing Synthetic Turf on Tennis Courts and leaves - test each plant , The World of Herbs first by spraying on a small section and leaving for a couple of days. The other chemical is metaldehyde which is sold as slug pellets. This is not recommended since it is harmful to birds , Slugging It Out In The Trenches and pets. Other methods. Encourage your local , Planting a Garden Pond wildlife to do the job for you. Birds, , Summer Vacation and Your Pond frogs and toads will all eat slugs. So feed the birds , Lawn Care Tips - Six Easy Steps to a Great Lawn and welcome frogs into your garden , Slugging It Out In The Trenches pond. Water your plants , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips in the morning so that the foliage will not stay damp overnight. If all else fails, change , Home for a Gnome? your plants. , Landscaping Ideas and Landscaping Design In general, slugs dislike anything with leaves that are glossy, waxy or hairy so that there is quite a long list of slug-resistant plants , Garden Ponds that you can choose as an alternative. As with many aspects of gardening, , Lawn Care and Fertilizer Tip to Create a Great Lawn you will often find that choosing plants , Japanese Gardens – Basic Design Questions That Should Be Addressed that are suited to the soil , Don't Forget the Birds this Winter conditions in your garden , The Old Faithful - Case Tractors will produce the best results. If this means growing flowers , Chickens in Your Backyard for Fun or Profit that that tend to be ignored by slugs, you will have a far easier time than if you have to wage a constant battle to protect plants , Lawn Care and Fertilizer Tip to Create a Great Lawn that are being continually attacked.Hugh Harris-Evans is the owner of The Garden , Summer Vacation and Your Pond Supplies Advisor where you will find further articles, gardening , The World of Herbs tips and product , Growing and Harvesting Rose Hips reviews. http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com |
  
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