Hi Tomos, I've been gardening for a lot of years but this one has been the worst for slugs and snails. I had to do several sowings of my sunflower seeds as they wiped the whole lot out and in the end I only had about five plants survive to the flowering stage. Normally I have a garden full and I missed seeing them. I had some calibrachoas delivered as plug plants and put them on the top shelf of my grow house and the slugs even decimated those in one night. I like your tip about using the thorny cuttings. I've got lots of roses so I'll try that next year.
6. This one is a bit high tech. What you do is make a wooden fence all araund the garden. There are 2 nails that extend and make a roof on top of your fence. Now betwen fence and roof you add rock salt all araund the garden. Since water cant get to salt, it will not dissapear that easy. Salt and snails dont like each other very much. You can even mix other type poisions to protect you from ground bugs that can cause damage. Only way then to get to your garden is by flying or digging under the fence. It also doesnt damage honeybees or similar flying helpfull bugs. However for this to make it work, you will have to use a new soil as there could be snail eggs hidden underground.
Inverting a clay/terra-cotta pot with a single drainage hole at the bottom (or in this case the top since it's inverted) apparently is a great way to encourage slugs to climb in but struggle to some degree to get out. Inside the pot is damp and cool, so it'll naturally attract them. Beyond that, I've had success with beer and yeast/flour/sugar traps. Other than that, trap crops? This year was brutal for slugs in Ontario, Canada. We had a very damp June and July which allowed the slug population to establish a foothold. From there, it was in a lot of cases a losing battle. They seem to love hostas though, so you could use hostas around the property as a bit of a trap.
That’s such a great idea! It’s been the same across the pond with the wetter summer, so clubs have been a problem here as well. Thanks for your comment! 🌸🌼
My dad lays a sheet of styrofoam insulation on the ground next to his garden. Snails like to sit on the underside, so he just goes out when they’re most likely to be resting and he picks them off and feeds them to his chickens.
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Nice video!
Thanks!
Hi Tomos, I've been gardening for a lot of years but this one has been the worst for slugs and snails. I had to do several sowings of my sunflower seeds as they wiped the whole lot out and in the end I only had about five plants survive to the flowering stage. Normally I have a garden full and I missed seeing them. I had some calibrachoas delivered as plug plants and put them on the top shelf of my grow house and the slugs even decimated those in one night. I like your tip about using the thorny cuttings. I've got lots of roses so I'll try that next year.
Sorry to hear about your sunflowers! Fingers crossed next year is better! Glad you liked that point, and hopefully it can help next time!
6. This one is a bit high tech. What you do is make a wooden fence all araund the garden. There are 2 nails that extend and make a roof on top of your fence. Now betwen fence and roof you add rock salt all araund the garden. Since water cant get to salt, it will not dissapear that easy. Salt and snails dont like each other very much. You can even mix other type poisions to protect you from ground bugs that can cause damage.
Only way then to get to your garden is by flying or digging under the fence. It also doesnt damage honeybees or similar flying helpfull bugs.
However for this to make it work, you will have to use a new soil as there could be snail eggs hidden underground.
Thanks for the contribution! 🥬🥕
Inverting a clay/terra-cotta pot with a single drainage hole at the bottom (or in this case the top since it's inverted) apparently is a great way to encourage slugs to climb in but struggle to some degree to get out. Inside the pot is damp and cool, so it'll naturally attract them. Beyond that, I've had success with beer and yeast/flour/sugar traps. Other than that, trap crops? This year was brutal for slugs in Ontario, Canada. We had a very damp June and July which allowed the slug population to establish a foothold. From there, it was in a lot of cases a losing battle. They seem to love hostas though, so you could use hostas around the property as a bit of a trap.
That’s such a great idea! It’s been the same across the pond with the wetter summer, so clubs have been a problem here as well. Thanks for your comment! 🌸🌼
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I use slug pellets for the slugs. I use the inground traps for earwigs. Only in the garden beds, not the yard in general.
That earwig trap sounds interesting, however it’s not one I currently have a problem with. Thanks for your ideas, and happy gardening! 🌸🌱
My dad lays a sheet of styrofoam insulation on the ground next to his garden. Snails like to sit on the underside, so he just goes out when they’re most likely to be resting and he picks them off and feeds them to his chickens.
Did you try putting salt next to the plants.
Bad idea. To much salt can kill plants.
Very true!
beer works wonders 1st day 30 snails in trap