Slug control...i only have one beer

[ILoveJoe]

Diatomaceous earth around the plants will deter them also. Anything spiky or rough they will not slime over.

 

[silkiechicken]

Beer seems to attract ants, flies, and other nasties more than it does slugs. The slugs out here in the PNW are the size of a pink pearl eraser, with the largest being the size of half a jumbo egg sliced in half when scrunched. So big that when I was little, I'd coat them in a pyramid of salt and they'd just slither out smaller than they were when I covered them.

I prefer taking a pointy stick out at night, stabbing all the ones I can find, and repeating as the dead slugs do wonders at attracting the live ones. Reducing shady spots also helps and putting plants like ruhbarb far away from other leafy greens is a good idea, since ruhbarb harbors the little suckers.

I say drink that beer and stab the slugs with a stick. Filled a one gallon jar with slugs that way once.

 

[pkeeler]

You don't need that much beer. Just enough depth to drown a slug. 12 oz should last awhile. Empty tuna cans work well.

Salt is an easy way to kill the odd slug. But you put too much salt into your soil and it will kill it.

If you have a bad infestation, you should go out at night with a flashlight and pick them off the plants and put them in some soapy water.

There are iron pellets that will kill slugs. I don't know if they would be bad for chickens. You could probably rig something to keep chickens and pets out of them.

 

[the simple life]

I have heard that they don't like coffee grinds, I read an article that when they slide over the grinds it poisons them.
Not sure how accurate it is, but I saved the article just for such an occasion.

 

[DuckLady]

Quote:
Drink the beer and get you some ducks.

 

[rooster0209]

Drink the beer, dont waste good alcohol on slugs

Feed em to your chickens or guineas.

 

[LoneCowboy]

I sent in the chicken brigade. They had those potatoes cleaned up in no time.

Slugs will also not cross copper, so get some copper tape and lay it down.