@nettlesandpetals: Reduce slugs and snails naturally 🐌🌱🙁 The growing season so far has been awash with heavy rain and strong winds, 💦💨😓 the ideal conditions for slugs and snails to proliferate, so due to the many many requests I’ve had 😂 here’s some of things I do to help reduce their numbers… I use damp planks of wood which can make an effective trap, simply lay them down at dusk and then in the morning turn them over, remove the slugs and snails hiding underneath and relocate them. 🪵 Barriers can be useful created from things like bramble canes cut and placed around the plant, sharp shells such as crushed welk shells, proprietary natural slug repellents or even copper. 🙅🏼‍♂️🐌 I reduce habitat by Keeping the garden as tidy as I can, ensuring lawned areas in the garden are always cut, pathways maintained, by remove any decaying lower leaves which are yellowing or touching the ground and removing any debris from below susceptible plants like lettuce. 🥬👍🏻 I always grow around 20% more than I need so I have spare plants just in case I lose any and I transplant them as larger plants so that they are more resilient and could whether a chomp from slug, giving you time to act. I water in the morning rather than the evening and focus on the base of the plant rather than soaking the entire bed. 💦🌱 I’ve created wildlife habitat such as ponds, bird feeders and houses and bug and hedgehog houses drawing predatory wildlife into the garden to help maintain balance. 🦔🐦‍⬛ If things get bad I go out on an evening to do a bit of slug picking when their most active and just re-locate them. 🌱🐌🔦 And as a last resort biological controls like slug nematodes can be another good option particularly if neighbouring plots or gardens are effecting yours by poor management, simply stir them in to water dilute them and water onto the garden beds. But let’s not forget that slugs and snails play vital roles within our ecosystems, clearing dead and decaying matter, it’s generally imbalances we create that cause their numbers to grow. How do you deal with them in your garden? 😊🐌 #gardening #gardeningtips #vegetablegarden #growyourownfood #organicgardening

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