Slugs & Snails

Tackling slugs and snails seems to be a multifaceted approach, you just need to find out what works best for your plot.

People have tried the following:-

Strulch

Mulching

Beer traps

Nighttime removal of said pests

Wool matting / pellets

Sacrificial planting (lettuce, brassica babies)

Eco / wildlife friendly slug pellets

Crushed egg shells

Copper tape / wire

Diatomaceous earth

Prickly / brambles fencing

Removing hiding places

Adding a hiding place you can control

Slug nematodes

Garlic spray

Coffee grounds

Combining a few of them should give you a fighting chance! The bigger the barrier(s) the more likely they will look elsewhere!

Good luck! And let me know your winning combinations 

Summer Solstice in the UK

 

The summer solstice is the longest day of the year and astronomically, it's the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, winter will begin. Some people like to celebrate Midsummer's Day on June 24, which is an ancient quarter day that historically marks the middle of growing season.

This year it also make what appears to be the end of so much rain and the forecast for the next few weeks is a lot of sun and not as much rain. 

The RHS are very pro slug and snails these days but most gardeners and allotment holders will not agree with them, especially this year where there are reports on most Facebook allotment and gardening groups that they are wiping out seedlings and young plants.

Personally I have never had such a bad year for losing plants and seedlings to the gastropods.  

 

10 Best & Cheap Ways to Get Rid of Slugs in Your Garden

 

The war on Gastropods is real, and takes more than a bottle of beer to win. Huw Richards has tried many ways you can imagine, and has come up with his list of the 10 best and cheapest methods to get rid of slugs and keep your garden slug free.