Slug infestation....🤢😵😠Help!
Desparately need a natural remedy to rid my yard of Ariolimacidae (slugs)! Please help if anyone has great tips! Thank you!
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Fran here are some ideas..
https://www.rentokil.com/blog/10-home-remedies-for-slugs/#.W54XFZ8pCyU
https://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/12-ways-get-rid-slugs-naturally.html
Thank you! I will try one or all of these if necessary!
Hi Fran. You can put cups of beer out at night. In the morning you should see them in the beer. Dump out and refill with beer. Do this for a week and you should be good. You can also sprinkle out Epsom salt.
A few good natural resources to get rid of slugs...
Diatomaceous earth is an organic product, a powder, that you sprinkle around and on the plants. As the slugs crawl over it, it cuts their soft bodies and kills them but it won't harm people, pets, birds or other wildlife who come into contact with it.
Another all natural slug remedy is copper tape. This is a roll of tape made from copper that you put around your plants. As slugs crawl over the tape, the slime they exude to propel themselves forward chemically reacts with the copper and gives them a mild electrical shock. They go away and look for easier pickings elsewhere.
Both diatomaceous earth and copper tape are available online and at garden centers.