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Slimy slimesters and slippery thieves, stealing our seedlings and snaffling our salads! Finally, the time has come to give slugs the boot and protect our precious crops using only natural, wildlife-friendly methods. Gardeners and slugs can live together in relative harmony! Find out how in this week’s episode as Ben debunks the myths and the…
Slugs! A huge problem for many gardeners but comes with a very simple solution that adapts a direct sowing technique, and the best thing about this trick is that it doesn’t cost anything – and you can start using it today! Growing food should never need to be complicated or expensive, and I hope this…
In this episode I will share with you 5 ways to prevent snails and slugs in the garden without using harmful pesticides, even organic ones!
This video is all about how to deal with slugs in the vegetable garden using organic methods. Slugs can be disastrous, but if you use the 3 strategies outlined in this video, you’ll be able to get rid of slugs sooner than you think, or at least lessen their damage. The great thing is that…
I constantly get asked about how I deal with slugs, especially because I am in a wetter part of the UK and there is plenty of grass around – even our garden paths are grass! So I thought I would make a quick video as a reference to my answer on how we deal with…
Award winning entomologist, Dr. Richard McDonald, together with Pat Battle will focus on how to incorporate beneficial biological introductions and match them with preventive measures as our first line of defense against insect and disease pressure. Farmscaping, multi-species cover crops, minimal soil disturbance, and proper mineral availability are some of the many ways growers create…
This video covers what I believe to be one of the most effective ways to reduce slug damage and prevent future problems. The best part about it is that it is a free method. However for maximum effectiveness you might need an extra pair of hands. Let me know what you think and also check…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Slugs are the gardener’s number one enemy! In this short video we show how to fight back and stop slugs damaging your crops: – How to identify slugs, slug eggs or slug damage on or near your plant foliage or fruit. – When and where should you…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Pests are an ever-present menace in the vegetable garden, but there’s no reason they should get the better of you, or your crops. Beneficial insects, birds and amphibians can do a lot of the pest control work for you but sometimes you’ll still need to protect crops…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Gardeners love sharing advice with each other and local knowledge can be invaluable when starting a garden. However, some commonly shared ‘facts’ are actually myths which have little or no basis in reality. In this video we expose 7 of the most common gardening myths and explain…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Creating an environment that your plants will thrive in is essential for their long-term health, but it’s also important to be aware of pests which can damage them. Slugs and snails are often named as the gardener’s worst enemy, but there are many ways in which you…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Watching as your plants are being destroyed by pests like slugs, aphids or cabbage worm can be very frustrating. However, there are many ways to use nature’s own organic pest controls to avoid your crops being damaged in this way. This video demonstrates simple pest control techniques…
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…
When weather conditions are too extreme to grow, I have constructed something similar to a greenhouse that filters UV sunlight, rain, wind slugs, and snails, etc. Everything I grow starts here. https://youplanttube.blogspot.com/
