The slugs have taken a nibble of a few other things but they destroyed 3/4 of my green bean plants (pictured).
I’m trying to keep things organic, so I’m hesitant to go and buy off the shelf products. I’ve switch my watering to 10 a.m. instead of 2 p.m. in the hopes that things will dry out and keep the slugs away in the evening.
Anyways, this is my first time dealing with this so I could use any practical advice here.
Watering earlier - or in larger intervals, so that there aren't any large wet areas - should already help a bit. A barrier of coffee powder around the plants has helped me in the past, but I read that this depends on the exact species of slug. Powdered chalk or copper sheets supposedly also help.
Copper foil strips does create a barrier, if you want to make a trap bury a glass in soil so that the rim is level with the soil and pour in some beer the slugs and snails love the smell of the yeast in the beer and drown in the beer.
I had a big problem with snails and slugs eating my mint in a planter box the copper and beer traps has solved the problem.
Iron Phosphate is considered an ecologically friendly way of eliminating a slug infestation.
If you want to deal with a specific individual slug, a few particles of salt is often effective.
Nothing but the best for my favorite mollusks. Trying out a beer trap.
Leave it in place overnight let's see how many of the slimy buggers you get.🐌
Enjoy the rest of the beer.
Depending on how crazy you want to get with your setup, one thing I read about is an "electric fence" for slugs. Though it isn't something I've done in my garden due to the way it's set up, your picture makes me think it would work fairly reasonably in your garden.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-and-testing-an-electric-slug-fence-on-a/
So how many did ya get?
I got 2 so far, giving it a couple more days before cleaning it out!
If you change the beer regularly the fresh smell of yeast will attract more of them.
