Maybe it’s a bit like walking over hot coals. Some slugs seem to be deterred by coarse grit spread around plants. Like many “natural” remedies, it seems to work in some gardens and is totally ineffective in others. If you live near the coast you may well use seaweed around the garden which many claim is an effective barrier. Of course it dissolved instantly causing potential harm to soil and other wildlife. Salt was sprinkled around newly planted seedlings. It is therefore no wonder that so many different ways to attempt to control them have evolved over the years.įifty years ago most gardeners kept a drum of table salt at the ready to pour on to the offending creatures as they appeared. Overnight they appear from neighbouring vegetation, under stones, under the rims of plant pots, a thousand hiding places. They seem to appear from nowhere when the weather is mild and damp. These voracious slimy creatures are able to devour several times their own body weight of your favourite plants in just one meal. There is no doubt that slugs and snails are the gardener’s worst enemy in many parts of the world. Join my Gardening for Wildlife course to learn more about encouraging and discouraging wildlife in your garden. So what are the top 10 alternative natural remedies? Birds, amphibians and mammals are unlikely to eat the pellets, however they will eat slug and snail corpses and that’s where the real harm is caused. Traditional slug pellets contain metaldehyde which is harmful to wildlife. Here's my top tips for controlling slugs and snails organically
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