In this video you will learn loads of methods that you can use to control slugs in the garden. This is the first video of two to give you ways of getting rid of these slimy critters, Slug is a common name for an apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word “slug” is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, has a very reduced shell, or has only a small internal shell. Like other pulmonate land gastropods, the majority of land slugs have two pairs of ‘feelers’ or tentacles on their head. The upper pair is light sensing and has eyespots at the ends, while the lower pair provides the sense of smell. Both pairs are retractable, and they can be regrown if lost.
On top of the slug, behind the head, is the saddle-shaped mantle, and under this are the genital opening and anus. On one side (almost always the right hand side) of the mantle is a respiratory opening, which is easy to see when open, but difficult to see when closed. This opening is known as the pneumostome. Within the tissue of the mantle in some species is a very small, rather flat shell, or in some other cases a collection of calcareous granules. Like most other gastropods, a slug moves by rhythmic waves of muscular contraction on the underside of its foot. It simultaneously secretes a layer of mucus on which it travels, which helps prevent damage to the foot tissues. Around the edge of the foot is the ‘foot fringe’ or ‘skirt’. Information was found on Wiki.
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Excellent advice there, Huw! Some tips that I haven't heard of or thought of so I'll definitely be giving them a try ~ Thanks for sharing!
Those are excellent tips, Huw. My pest is pigeons. I'm container gardening, and the only repellent I've found to repel them is chicken wire around the pots. We're not allowed to screen off our porches. Maybe I can spray my plants with diluted hot pepper sauce. Well, good luck to everybody, and have a pest-free growing season!
Sounds like a meal to me loll slugs and escargot's with garlic butter hmmm
Great video Huw
Good tip for crushing egg shells is to bake them in the oven first and they go brittle
Yep 🙂 snails are nice with garlic butter, thanks
quite a few solutions very good 🙂 I once tried thistles but the wind blew away the leaves so I then transplanted them round the base of the garden 🙂
Great video buddy!
Thankyou Clint 🙂
Good Stuff, Will be trying a few of these 🙂 Thanks
and then god created slugs….unfortunately my kale and collards aren't pleased. I'm convinced my swiss chard could survive a nuclear bomb. I've heard some of these methods before, but this is a great presentation. I plan to incorporate the beer and the copper. I've heard the egg shells work but can take out some of the good guys…shrapnel style,
So funny at the beginning! The slugs drink the beer, get drunk and drown. Poor little buggers!! Lol. We get lots here in Nova Scotia and I find the best way is just to pick them all off. Time consuming but certain I guess. Thanks Huw!!
Slug is very big issue to me. I tried beer, eggs, pick manually. But it does not reduced… I am scared to plant vegetables.
I will try 1 method this year.