Slugs and snails are the culprits if you find leaves filled with holes that have clean edges, often with a shiny trail of slime left behind. Here are some ways to keep them out of your garden.
June 23, 2015
Slugs and snails are the culprits if you find leaves filled with holes that have clean edges, often with a shiny trail of slime left behind. Here are some ways to keep them out of your garden.
Mollusks are easily poisoned by caffeine, which enters their bodies as soon as the coffee touches them.
The next morning, you'll find the critters inside. Use upturned half-grapefruit rinds as lethal traps before discarding them. Slugs will use them as shelter, making them easy to gather up.
Hair is horrible as far as slugs are concerned.
Slugs and snails are nocturnal.
Snails and slugs won't crawl across copper; it gives them a slight electrical shock.
The one good thing about crabgrass is that it's poisonous to slugs.
Plants that are reputed to repel snails include azaleas, apricots, basil, beans, California poppies, corn, chard, daffodils, fennel, fuchsias, grapes, ginger, holly, parsley, Peruvian lilies, pumpkins, plums, rhododendrons, rhubarb, sage and Swedish ivy.
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