2026-05-08 12:47 UTC
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@johnhenrythe3rd@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 12:51
@Troggie@beige.party How about a small wildlife pond to encourage frogs? Also hedgehog houses.
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@Irisfreundin@troet.cafe 2026-05-08 12:55
@Troggie@beige.party The best way to prevent snail damage is to feed the snails. Snails are beneficial creatures! They turn dead plant material into humus. But if they can’t find anything dead in a tidy garden, they’ll eat living plants before they starve. So,always leave enough old leaves and cut grass lying around. Land snails eat slug eggs.
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@Irisfreundin@troet.cafe 2026-05-08 12:56
@Troggie@beige.party If you have too many snails: Lay out a rhubarb leaf (or another as big leaf) in the evening, and in the morning, take it to the compost pile with the snails still clinging to it. There, they can do what they’re meant to do: produce humus. Don't try to fight against nature:It has several million years in advance!
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@MostlyTato@mstdn.social 2026-05-08 13:27
@Troggie@beige.party In my experience, all the tricks don't work as slugs are determined little gits. The only thing that works is attracting enough things that feed off slugs to keep their numbers down.
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@fritzoids@mas.to 2026-05-08 13:29
@Troggie@beige.party What definitely helped in my garden was watering in the morning instead of the evening so that the slugs did not have an entire night with the nice moist area. Also: looking under pots and other things and collecting them when I saw them and chucking them really far from the garden.
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@MikeFromLFE@cupoftea.social 2026-05-08 13:51
@Troggie@beige.party We have had a LOT less slug damage to our allotment strawberries since we put down a thick layer of a product called Strulch. It's not cheap but it's worked out for us. I'm trying it more extensively this year. It's a straw product that's been treated in some way, but it's compostable and degrades after 2-3 years.
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@clew@ecoevo.social 2026-05-08 15:23
From Seattle, also a paradise for slugs, various strategies: Main border of slug resistant plants (look at nearby neglected gardens to see what survives) , extra pruning and arrangement to use their shapes gracefully, *and* showy slug-fragile plants in a pot on a pedestal ringed with defences. Check for slug refuges close by - woodpile, dilapidated fence… also refuges for other kinds of wildlife, so it’s a balance 1/ @Troggie@beige.party
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@aegir@toot.wales 2026-05-08 15:54
@Troggie@beige.party I had this when we moved in. Nothing survived! I did a few treatments with the nematodes and that reduced the numbers enough for new plants to get going. The garden is a mini forest now and has countless slugs and snails again, but things are more balanced.
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@eleanorrees@mas.to 2026-05-12 10:24
@Troggie@beige.party Hello, just remembered I meant to reply to this the other day! My anti-slug tactics are: 1) Stick to planting things with woody stems that slugs aren't keen to eat - roses, lavender, rosemary, philadelphus, hebe, peonies... 2) Sluggo is quite effective and not harmful to pets or other wildlife: https://www.neudorff.co.uk/products/sluggo-slug-snail-killer.html