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Get Rid of Slugs

Slugs are those slimy creatures that come out at night and leave a trail of shiny slime behind them. Slugs will devour your vegetables, and they also like some plants. There are many ways to get rid of slugs. Some of them are listed below.

1.Give your slugs a shock

Slugs get shocked when they touch copper. You can buy ready made copper guards or use pennies to get rid of slugs in your garden. Place pennies around your plants to keep our slimy friends from a feast on your garden.

2.Slug Control from Your Kitchen

Getting rid of slugs can be as easy as crushing up egg shells and adding the crushed egg shells to your soil. Egg shells are also a great addition to help compost the soil. My mom used egg shells in all her house plants. Crush the egg shells into small pieces, till or mix into your soil or place around the bottom of your plant. The egg shells act as shards of glass and the slugs will avoid attacking your lettuce and plants. I recommend adding the crushed egg shells to the soil and till before you plant.

3.Board them in

Place some old wooden planks between your garden beds. Our slimy slugs will crawl underneath to hide from the sun. In the morning lift the boards and the slugs will be on the boards. Scrape the slimy slugs from the board into a bucket and dispose of.

4. Non-toxic chemicals

There are non-toxic, earth friendly chemicals that you can also use to get rid of slugs in your garden such as "Sluggo" or "Escar-Go". These contain iron that is wrapped in a slug attracting bait. Iron is deadly to slugs, but good for your garden soil. Just scatter the pellets around plant affected to get rid of the slugs.

5. Add a little citrus

You can leave citrus rinds out over night to attract slugs such as lemon, orange, grapefruit and lime. Place the rinds next to the plants that are affected and in the morning just collect the rinds with our slimy creatures and discard. The slugs will be attracted to the rinds and not your plants.

6. Give your slugs a drink

Give the slimy creatures a Beer to help get rid of slugs in your garden. Don't use stale beer, the slugs like it just as much as we do! Wait until dusk and fill an old margarine tub top with beer and place on top of the soil as close to the damaged plants as possible. The next morning they should be filled with dead drunken slugs.