Slug problems

[OregonSkunk]

well getting ready for this years outdoor grow and just wondering what everyone else use's for slug control. last year they attack pretty good and use the slug baits I found at walmart. just wodering if there are any better products

 

[blackone]

I use home-made collars made from soda cans - they work pretty well but not 100%.
It's a good idea to supplement with slug pellets - they kill pretty well but you need to use quite a bit of it.

 

[Smoke_A_Lot]

Diatomaceous earth.

 

[dankdog]

I found that copper wrapped around the bottom of the stalk of the plant works great.

 

[Tropic]

Collar + crushed eggshells between collar and stalk works, no chemicals with this method.

 

[pearlemae]

Copper is one of the best deterents,copper collar around each plant or beds,3 or so inches wide,slugs won't cross them.

 

[Stoned Crow]

Dammit - When I first read the title of your thread I thought it said "Slut Problem" - I was gonna help you out. SC.

 

[D.S. Toker. MD]

A cheap yet 100% effective method for prevention is to pour 1 cup of construction sand around the base of your plant. Snails and slugs cant cross it because the grains of sand get stuck in their mucous and kills them. They WONT cross it under any circumstances, ever.

I pour on 1 cup at transplant and then refresh it a couple of times over the next month or so. Usually 3 cups total prevents any snail/slug damage. A 40 lb bag of construction sand is usually about $3 and will treat approximately 60 plants for the season.

No chemical taste.

 

[Rampant]

I am curious to know if anyone has tried nematodes, about £15 a go i think so more expensive than sand. My veg garden gets ravaged by slugs, the year before last they ate everything.

 

[Smoke_A_Lot]

Dammit - When I first read the title of your thread I thought it said "Slut Problem" - I was gonna help you out. SC.

haha! i could help him out with that also..

 

[OregonSkunk]

thanks for you guys help I will try some of them and hopefully have a outdoor crop this year worth a shit

 

[K-pax]

Salt!

 

[spindlywicket]

Deadline, its a gel slugbait, works well.

 

[JWP]

biodegradable washing powder works like sand. the fckers cant get past it.

BEER! Flat beer or leftovers whatever u have. The slugs climb in the container for a lil drink a drown in beer! A glourious death

 

[Ganico]

Crushed glass

 

[hulkbogan]

Slug bait and copper shavings work pretty good, if you put out plants that are fairly big already the slugs won't phase them too bad. They will decimate little ones in the spring here.

 

[NFR]

The slug baits from the hardware stores worked great for me on BC's coast.

 

[Sinsemillian]

Copper tape works 100%. I get some stuff locally that's 2" wide and wrap it around the base of each plant and leave an inch overlap so.

 

[Sinsemillian]

My bro bought a roll of this http://www.rittenhouse.ca/asp/Product.asp?PG=1206 50 bucks for a 100' roll that's 6" wide seems like a fair price IMHO. He's cut them into 6" strips n now has 200 6"x6" squares to wrap around the base of his plants. I think they will work out great for him and I might just buy me a roll of the stuff to.

 

[Kcar]

I bought Sluggo Plus yesterday...