#slugs — Public Fediverse posts

Deter slugs from garden plants with 21p natural pest control https://www.allforgardening.com/1886615/deter-slugs-from-garden-plants-with-21p-natural-pest-control/ #BBCGardenersWorld #garden #Gardeners'WorldSurvey #gardening #GardeningIreland #GarlicDrench #NaturalPestControl #PestControlAdvice #slugs

Deter slugs from garden plants with 21p natural pest control https://www.allforgardening.com/1886615/deter-slugs-from-garden-plants-with-21p-natural-pest-control/ #BBCGardenersWorld #garden #Gardeners'WorldSurvey #gardening #GardeningIreland #GarlicDrench #NaturalPestControl #PestControlAdvice #slugs

Ride the wild gall!
#slugs

Ride the wild gall!
#slugs

today we found a playhouse way out in the woods by a creek

there was a name-plank above the door (shown, but hard to see clearly). it read “SLUG LODGE”

#woods #saturdayhike #playhouse #slugs

today we found a playhouse way out in the woods by a creek

there was a name-plank above the door (shown, but hard to see clearly). it read “SLUG LODGE”

#woods #saturdayhike #playhouse #slugs

Spider web with dried slug mucus. I wonder how the spider feels about this. 🌿 #slugs #spiders #iridescence #nature #gastropod

Not vinegar or lemon – slugs will stop eating your plants if you spray

Slugs can be quite a pain when it comes to your garden. In the UK, the pests tend to show up more frequently from spring through to autumn. They thrive in warm, damp conditions and often wreak havoc during wet weather. Now…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchvinegar #francais #france #French #garden #Slugs #Vinegar
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2726085/not-vinegar-or-lemon-slugs-will-stop-eating-your-plants-if-you-spray/

Not vinegar or lemon – slugs will stop eating your plants if you spray

Slugs can be quite a pain when it comes to your garden. In the UK, the pests tend to show up more frequently from spring through to autumn. They thrive in warm, damp conditions and often wreak havoc during wet weather. Now…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchvinegar #francais #france #French #garden #Slugs #Vinegar
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2726085/not-vinegar-or-lemon-slugs-will-stop-eating-your-plants-if-you-spray/

Not vinegar or lemon – slugs will stop eating your plants if you spray https://www.diningandcooking.com/2726085/not-vinegar-or-lemon-slugs-will-stop-eating-your-plants-if-you-spray/ #francais #france #French #FrenchVinegar #garden #Slugs #Vinegar

Not vinegar or lemon – slugs will stop eating your plants if you spray https://www.diningandcooking.com/2726085/not-vinegar-or-lemon-slugs-will-stop-eating-your-plants-if-you-spray/ #francais #france #French #FrenchVinegar #garden #Slugs #Vinegar

Plants will never be destroyed by slugs when you use 1 natural item gardener loves https://www.allforgardening.com/1871326/plants-will-never-be-destroyed-by-slugs-when-you-use-1-natural-item-gardener-loves/ #garden #gardener #gardening #slugs

Plants will never be destroyed by slugs when you use 1 natural item gardener loves https://www.allforgardening.com/1871326/plants-will-never-be-destroyed-by-slugs-when-you-use-1-natural-item-gardener-loves/ #garden #gardener #gardening #slugs

Grower battling 1,000 Spanish slugs a day hears ducks, beer traps, and pellets may help https://www.allforgardening.com/1867528/grower-battling-1000-spanish-slugs-a-day-hears-ducks-beer-traps-and-pellets-may-help/ #beer #garden #gardening #slugs

Grower battling 1,000 Spanish slugs a day hears ducks, beer traps, and pellets may help https://www.allforgardening.com/1867528/grower-battling-1000-spanish-slugs-a-day-hears-ducks-beer-traps-and-pellets-may-help/ #beer #garden #gardening #slugs

Occasionally the kiln gods are kind to me.

(Global alt text: several photographs of two stoneware mugs with handles that look like orange slugs with brown spots and little eyestalks. The mugs also have clay leaves and flowers scattered in a few places. Some of the leaves have little nibbles taken out of them.)

#pottery #slugs #handmade

Occasionally the kiln gods are kind to me.

(Global alt text: several photographs of two stoneware mugs with handles that look like orange slugs with brown spots and little eyestalks. The mugs also have clay leaves and flowers scattered in a few places. Some of the leaves have little nibbles taken out of them.)

#pottery #slugs #handmade

It’s not only the snakes that take up residence in the firewood. A slug friend has found a spot to spend the day.

#Slugs

It’s not only the snakes that take up residence in the firewood. A slug friend has found a spot to spend the day.

#Slugs

I asked 5 experts for the best natural methods to deter slugs from gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1837055/i-asked-5-experts-for-the-best-natural-methods-to-deter-slugs-from-gardens/ #coffee #CopperTape #eggs #eggshells #ExpertsBestNaturalSlugDeterrentsExcl #garden #gardening #LifeHacks #NaturalDeterrents #NaturalSlugDeterrents #PestControlAdvice #pests #SheepWool #SlugDeterrents #slugs

I asked 5 experts for the best natural methods to deter slugs from gardens https://www.allforgardening.com/1837055/i-asked-5-experts-for-the-best-natural-methods-to-deter-slugs-from-gardens/ #coffee #CopperTape #eggs #eggshells #ExpertsBestNaturalSlugDeterrentsExcl #garden #gardening #LifeHacks #NaturalDeterrents #NaturalSlugDeterrents #PestControlAdvice #pests #SheepWool #SlugDeterrents #slugs

Get rid of slugs in gardens quickly with 21p kitchen staple https://www.allforgardening.com/1826370/get-rid-of-slugs-in-gardens-quickly-with-21p-kitchen-staple/ #BBCGardenersWorld #garden #Garden(section) #gardener #gardening #HowTo #slugs

Get rid of slugs in gardens quickly with 21p kitchen staple https://www.allforgardening.com/1826370/get-rid-of-slugs-in-gardens-quickly-with-21p-kitchen-staple/ #BBCGardenersWorld #garden #Garden(section) #gardener #gardening #HowTo #slugs

How to deter slugs from garden with 4 simple plants https://www.allforgardening.com/1820803/how-to-deter-slugs-from-garden-with-4-simple-plants/ #4PlantsToDeterSlugs #ferns #garden #gardening #geums #heucheras #LifeHacks #NaturalSlugDeterrents #PerennialPlant #pests #PlantDeterrents #plants #Salvias #SlugDeterrents #slugs #tiktok

How to deter slugs from garden with 4 simple plants https://www.allforgardening.com/1820803/how-to-deter-slugs-from-garden-with-4-simple-plants/ #4PlantsToDeterSlugs #ferns #garden #gardening #geums #heucheras #LifeHacks #NaturalSlugDeterrents #PerennialPlant #pests #PlantDeterrents #plants #Salvias #SlugDeterrents #slugs #tiktok

Make sure you handle them safely! #RatLungworm, while rare, is not something to take lightly!

How to Get Rid of #Slugs and #Snails in the #Garden

via #TheFarmersAlmanac

Excerpt: "Trap and Remove Slugs and Snails

- Create the perfect slug and snail trap by laying boards, cabbage leaves, or pieces of cardboard on the bare soil around your plantings. Start by watering the ground if it’s dry, then place a plank of wood or similar over the surface. Check back the next morning, and you’re very likely to find slugs lurking beneath. Pick them off and return the plank to collect the next batch.
- Citrus halves, like grapefruit skins, are highly effective slug collectors because they create a cool, shady recess for our slugs to hang out in. Again, lay down shells at strategic locations—close to susceptible crops like salad greens or tender seedlings. For something longer-lasting, you can use half a coconut shell at each corner of your raised bed (after you’ve enjoyed the coconut flesh, of course), which they like to crawl into.
- Then, there are beer traps. Everyone knows about luring slugs to a drunken death by placing shallow dishes of beer around the garden. They can’t resist the stuff! Note that any yeasty, sweet liquid will attract them, so keep the beer for yourself and make a gooey brew that the slugs will find delicious by mixing equal parts flour and water with a heaping spoonful of molasses, a sprinkling of cornmeal, and a teaspoon of yeast. Put this goop in shallow containers around the yard, and it will have much the same effect as beer without having to ask for ID."

Read more:
https://www.almanac.com/pest/slugs

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening
#GardenSafety #GardenSlugs #Snails #Slugs #Homegardens

Make sure you handle them safely! #RatLungworm, while rare, is not something to take lightly!

How to Get Rid of #Slugs and #Snails in the #Garden

via #TheFarmersAlmanac

Excerpt: "Trap and Remove Slugs and Snails

- Create the perfect slug and snail trap by laying boards, cabbage leaves, or pieces of cardboard on the bare soil around your plantings. Start by watering the ground if it’s dry, then place a plank of wood or similar over the surface. Check back the next morning, and you’re very likely to find slugs lurking beneath. Pick them off and return the plank to collect the next batch.
- Citrus halves, like grapefruit skins, are highly effective slug collectors because they create a cool, shady recess for our slugs to hang out in. Again, lay down shells at strategic locations—close to susceptible crops like salad greens or tender seedlings. For something longer-lasting, you can use half a coconut shell at each corner of your raised bed (after you’ve enjoyed the coconut flesh, of course), which they like to crawl into.
- Then, there are beer traps. Everyone knows about luring slugs to a drunken death by placing shallow dishes of beer around the garden. They can’t resist the stuff! Note that any yeasty, sweet liquid will attract them, so keep the beer for yourself and make a gooey brew that the slugs will find delicious by mixing equal parts flour and water with a heaping spoonful of molasses, a sprinkling of cornmeal, and a teaspoon of yeast. Put this goop in shallow containers around the yard, and it will have much the same effect as beer without having to ask for ID."

Read more:
https://www.almanac.com/pest/slugs

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening
#GardenSafety #GardenSlugs #Snails #Slugs #Homegardens

Uninvited Guests: Understanding Why Your #Garden is Infested with #Slugs

by Raymond Patterson

"Organic Solutions

If you prefer to keep your gardening practices in line with organic methods, there are solutions that can help. Consider using:

#DiatomaceousEarth: Sprinkling this natural powder creates a barrier that damages slugs physically, deterring them from crossing.
Grapefruit Halves [orange halves work too]: Place grapefruit halves in your garden. Slugs are attracted to the fruit and will take shelter inside, allowing you to dispose of them easily. [Use precautions when disposing]"

Learn more:
https://greatgardenplans.com/why-does-my-garden-have-so-many-slugs/

#SolarPunkSunday #GardenSlugs #Gardening #GardenSafety #Homegardens #GYO #GrowYourOwn

Uninvited Guests: Understanding Why Your #Garden is Infested with #Slugs

by Raymond Patterson

"Organic Solutions

If you prefer to keep your gardening practices in line with organic methods, there are solutions that can help. Consider using:

#DiatomaceousEarth: Sprinkling this natural powder creates a barrier that damages slugs physically, deterring them from crossing.
Grapefruit Halves [orange halves work too]: Place grapefruit halves in your garden. Slugs are attracted to the fruit and will take shelter inside, allowing you to dispose of them easily. [Use precautions when disposing]"

Learn more:
https://greatgardenplans.com/why-does-my-garden-have-so-many-slugs/

#SolarPunkSunday #GardenSlugs #Gardening #GardenSafety #Homegardens #GYO #GrowYourOwn

So, someone pointed out that getting rid of #GardenSlugs is more complicated because of #RatLungworm. Take precautions while handling slugs!

Uggh, #slugs! Protect your garden and your health in light of rat lungworm disease

" 'Don’t eat out of the garden without first washing the produce,' cautions Lynn Nakamura-Tengan, an extension educator with the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources on Maui. She specializes in food safety and nutrition."

Learn more:
https://mauiinvasive.org/2016/06/21/rat-lungworm-disease/

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #GardenSafety #Homegardens #PetSafety

So, someone pointed out that getting rid of #GardenSlugs is more complicated because of #RatLungworm. Take precautions while handling slugs!

Uggh, #slugs! Protect your garden and your health in light of rat lungworm disease

" 'Don’t eat out of the garden without first washing the produce,' cautions Lynn Nakamura-Tengan, an extension educator with the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources on Maui. She specializes in food safety and nutrition."

Learn more:
https://mauiinvasive.org/2016/06/21/rat-lungworm-disease/

#SolarPunkSunday #Gardening #GardenSafety #Homegardens #PetSafety

A slug crossing a trail.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #photography #slug #slugs #gastropod #gastropods

A slug crossing a trail.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #wildlife #photography #slug #slugs #gastropod #gastropods

Gardeners urged to use eggshells this month to solve common problem | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1800686/gardeners-urged-to-use-eggshells-this-month-to-solve-common-problem-uk-news/ #eggs #eggshells #garden #Garden(section) #gardener #gardening #GardeningTips #HowTo #LifeHacks #NaturalPestDeterrents #pests #plants #slugs #SlugsAndSnails

Gardeners urged to use eggshells this month to solve common problem | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1800686/gardeners-urged-to-use-eggshells-this-month-to-solve-common-problem-uk-news/ #eggs #eggshells #garden #Garden(section) #gardener #gardening #GardeningTips #HowTo #LifeHacks #NaturalPestDeterrents #pests #plants #slugs #SlugsAndSnails

I had to terminate this invasive juvenile black slug. It's in an area that's part of an ongoing rewilding community, environmental project. We remove them from areas where we're trying to protect native slugs & native habitat. Taildropper slugs are a native slug species at threat here on Vancouver Island & it's important to do our best to protect their habitats.

Even though these are called black slugs, they have a wide colour range & most found here exhibit this brown colour, when young.
Black slugs can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. They reproduce very quickly, which causes their population to grow beyond manageable in a short time period, if left to breed.
By comparison, native slugs lay only 20-30 eggs & are slower to reproduce.

#InvasiveSpecies #slugs #ArionAter #gastropod #mollusk #wildlife #nature #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Invader

I had to terminate this invasive juvenile black slug. It's in an area that's part of an ongoing rewilding community, environmental project. We remove them from areas where we're trying to protect native slugs & native habitat. Taildropper slugs are a native slug species at threat here on Vancouver Island & it's important to do our best to protect their habitats.

Even though these are called black slugs, they have a wide colour range & most found here exhibit this brown colour, when young.
Black slugs can lay up to 150 eggs at a time. They reproduce very quickly, which causes their population to grow beyond manageable in a short time period, if left to breed.
By comparison, native slugs lay only 20-30 eggs & are slower to reproduce.

#InvasiveSpecies #slugs #ArionAter #gastropod #mollusk #wildlife #nature #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #PNW #Invader

I supply delphiniums to King Charles – here’s how to get rid of slugs | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1783111/i-supply-delphiniums-to-king-charles-heres-how-to-get-rid-of-slugs-uk-news/ #DelphiniumGrowingTips #garden #gardening #GardeningCanada #KingCharles #KingCharlesIii #Nematodes #pests #RHSChelseaFlowerShow #SlugPrevention #slugs

I supply delphiniums to King Charles – here’s how to get rid of slugs | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1783111/i-supply-delphiniums-to-king-charles-heres-how-to-get-rid-of-slugs-uk-news/ #DelphiniumGrowingTips #garden #gardening #GardeningCanada #KingCharles #KingCharlesIii #Nematodes #pests #RHSChelseaFlowerShow #SlugPrevention #slugs

Gardeners should plant this beautiful flower now – slugs and snail won | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1782542/gardeners-should-plant-this-beautiful-flower-now-slugs-and-snail-won-uk-news/ #EszterNemeth #flowers #Fuchsias #garden #gardener #gardening #RHSChelseaFlowerShow #SlugResistantPlants #slugs

Gardeners should plant this beautiful flower now – slugs and snail won | UK | News https://www.allforgardening.com/1782542/gardeners-should-plant-this-beautiful-flower-now-slugs-and-snail-won-uk-news/ #EszterNemeth #flowers #Fuchsias #garden #gardener #gardening #RHSChelseaFlowerShow #SlugResistantPlants #slugs

I've used the beer trap method before. TBH, it doesn't seem like the worst way to perish... 😉 🍺

12 Ways to Get Rid of Slugs Naturally

By Melissa Breyer
Updated June 08, 2024

"Are you curious about how to get rid of slugs naturally? Slugs and snails might be lovable for their cute storybook-character looks and because they’re just cool creatures. But slugs and snails in the garden that are eating away at your plants are not so lovable: Along with those adorable optic tentacles comes a voracious mouth that files through leaves and fruit, ruining it for the rest of us.

"While there are all kinds of slug-killing concoctions available, using toxic pesticides is bad for beneficial insects and our waterways. So instead, if you are suffering from an onslaught of slugs, consider one of these natural alternatives."

Learn more:
https://www.treehugger.com/ways-get-rid-slugs-naturally-4858817

#SolarPunkSunday #NaturalPestControl #GardenSlugs #Gardening #ToxicFreePestControl #Slugs