Slugs

Posted by Bennewby on May 29, 2011, 8:56 am

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Does anyone have any good ways to deter slugs? Preferably without using
slug pellets.... My strawberries are looking really good and healthy but
I have noticed quite a few leaves are being eaten and there are slug
trails on them

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Bennewby

Posted by Snag on May 29, 2011, 11:52 am

Bennewby wrote:

Small saucers of beer. Quart-size jar lids work well .

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Posted by Frank on May 29, 2011, 7:26 pm

On 5/29/2011 11:52 AM, Snag wrote:

Beer works. You can also put out boards on the ground for the slugs to
crawl under and remove them from there.

Posted by Steve Peek on May 29, 2011, 10:07 pm

Try some fresh ground coffee (not coffee grounds). The caffeine gives them
fits.

Posted by Suzanne on May 29, 2011, 5:17 pm

Crush up some eggshells and sprinkle them around the plants.

Also try gently pulling apart steel wool pads and placing them on the ground
around the plants.
--S.