I’ve got to say the first year we had our home garden I was a bit depressed to find damage all over my garden but couldn’t find the culprits. Later, through the help from a gardening friend Judy I learned garden slugs were responsible. This year I am ready for them.
She told me she just goes out after dark and picks them off.
Here are a few more tips for getting rid of slugs. These are home garden tips I have learned from others since I started our home garden.
Some Beer, A Small Container And Dead Slugs – You probably didn’t know slugs can be real lushes. Just take a container like a tuna can then put some beera little of the wonder juice (beer) in the bottom and then make it really easy for them to get in.
Keep the top of the tuna can flush with the ground.
I was watching a video on Youtube by a gardener named John. He heard that using a small container with beer in it would attach and drown slugs.
Wish I had know this last year I could have saved some of my zucchini plants. Here is the video that I watched from John:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN6ZLRHvf5g
Keep Those Egg Shells To Cut Down On Slugs
It’s a known fact that slug like moisture and they don’t like climbing over dried stuff especially if it’s sharp like stones or egg shells. So save up those egg shells and crush them up and spread them over your plants where slugs travel.
The Beer Slug Board Game
Janice Stillman has a great tip on Youtube for getting rid of slugs. She looks like she has a bit of fun with this method.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K_7OZcVAi0
These tips for getting rid of slugs use no chemicals and are safe, although getting slugs drunk is kind of bizarre, enjoy a slug free garden.
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