Snails and slugs

[bryan8]

Any tips or tricks for getting rid of slugs?

I have a 40ftx40ft garden and I cant keep the snails and slugs out at all.

I have boards down with beer traps under them and each moring I kill about 20-30 off each board and the cup of beer is loaded with dead ones also. Ive been doing this for about 5 days, and noticed less plant damage but there still there.

My garden is about 5 ft away from a field so im thinking they are coming from the field

Bryan

 

[chocbantamorps]

There are lots of other methods to try to get rid of slugs. Ducks love them and you can get eggs from them too. A copper barrier works real well but might be too expensive for a garden your size. A non-toxic slug bait called sluggo is another solution. Planting red clover often lures slugs away from your garden and you can compost the red clover in your garden after it dies. Below are several web sites I found on the Internet by just googling slugs control.

http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/slug-stoppers?page=0,0

http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/control-garden-slugs-organically.aspx#axzz2WVbTm100

http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=627

 

[5pugs]

I have a serious snail problem. I have been picking at least 30 - 40 twice a day off of my house. And that is no lie either. The amount of poop they leave is crazy too.
I talked to a friend and he read that it has been a banner year for them. I have zero slugs, only snails. he told me to use coffee grounds on the ground surface perimeter and liquid coffee in a sprayer. He also suggests the diatomaceous earth around the ground surface.


This is just a bit of the poop on the house from snails.
I am going to try the coffee trick and diotomaceous earth.

 

[chickenstricken]

+1 for Sluggo. I tried it recently and am very happy with it. It is my new go to slug/snail killer.

 

[5pugs]

I just got some Sluggo. I'm thinking it will be more effective against those little poopers.
It's non-toxic too. My dogs are in that area and I would worry about using anything metaldehyde based.

 

[MackChick]

Diatomaceous earth or eggshells. I've read that in MotherEarth News but might be hard to apply on a large scale. Also if you see the slugs you can sprinkle salt on them and it will kill them.

 

[John4ds]

Ever since I got chickens, I've never seen a snail in my yard

 

[lazy gardener]

If you can let your chickens into the garden, perhaps after you clean it up for the winter, they should do a good eradication job. If you never let your chickens into the garden, or don't plan to, SLUGGO is a good product. Since starting with chickens this spring, my slug and snail population has taken a huge nose dive, even with this being a record rainy summer. Ducks are incredible slug and snail cleaner uppers!