No need to buy beer! They go to it because of the yeast in the beer. That's what attracts them!! Take one cup of water, 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of yeast. Regular yeast like you use to make breads with. Works just as good as the beer!! I use it myself!!! 😊
Ashes from fired woods or charcoals are also effective. Just broadcast them on the periphery as that of lime. If you also have carbonized husks/hulls it could help as well. Cheers everyone!
I liked your tip. You can use dirty cat or dog food cans to catch slugs, so you don't need to buy beer. Or you can use any smelly food. Using lime can be a problem if your soil is alkaline. I will experiment with diatomaceous earth and sulfur. Sulfur is good for alkaline soil.
If you don't have or want to buy lime, eggshells are also a good way to prevent slugs from going after certain plants! I also tried scrubbing my pans with eggshell powder for the first time while making my YT video and I was SHOOK at the results! 🙌
You can get rid of them without killing them. What you need to do is use Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade Mineral powder instead of lime. You will use the method in the same video and pour D.E.F.G.M powder instead of lime. It works 100%. Moreover, they do not die; when they come to the dust, it seems that the dust hurts their stomachs, so they do not move forward and turn back. The method he used to prevent the powder from getting wet in this video is very good. I will apply the same. Thank you.
@@Caelestiia I'm so sorry to hear this because it really works for me too. I apply it when the plants are very small. I am careful not to wet the dust when watering. I stop the application after the plants grow a little. It is a bit difficult until I reach this stage, but I can save the plants this way.🌸
How about white flies? They lay eggs that travel all around the leaves of everything. I pull the leaves off but no use. I have tried natural and chemical insecticide.
Cucumbers in our area are attacked only by aphids. against it, plants can be treated with a composition of baking soda with laundry soap or ammonia with laundry soap.
@@natureswildplayground A cordless dust buster is my go to. Been battling them for years (the yellow and black striped as well as the spotted type.) I did notice this year by delaying the plantings of cucurbits it kept the numbers low. It seems to me that they like to pick a location early in the season and stick to it. If you can wait until after that happens then you will only get the occasional visitor, which can easily be vacuumed up.
@@toddallen7862 thank you it’s a great idea I will have to invest in one and feed them to my chickens my garden is big for my yard and packed full thanks a bunch
Lime is terrible for the soil even if it was considered as positive is some circonstances, that's wrong and your are in the process to the desert as it has been in the mediteraneen place.
Last yesterday I harvested my Kohlrabi and use the leaf to trap the slugs. I put the leafs on the soil and yesterday was hard rain and normally they work earlier cause the garden was wet. I collected more 30 slugs yesterday. Last year I can't crop cause hundred slug. This year it look better.
I peel and boil garlic cloves - bulbs are cheap in Aldi. I sieve the liquid through a fine net then put into into my spray - the longer it stands the stronger it gets. I spray this on hostas - slugs hate it and leave
Garlic water is great but why boiling the garlic? Boiling it diminishes its strengths. What I efficiently do is to blend garlic 🧄 as is (without peeling it because the peel is also garlicky, only removing the tip and the little inner stem) then blend it with water: 1 big 🧄 at 1.5 L water. Then filtering it through a cheese cloth, then pouring it in a spray bottle and also add around 2 tbsp dishwash soap (ALDI has organic dishsoap). This soap makes the garlic sticks on the plants. I spray not only the herbs but everything including the lemon trees to avoid the scary bugs. I didn’t know about garlic water before and one of my lemon trees got covered in black dew and lots of scale as I had to cut the tree back and wash it with brushes and organic dishsoap. Now the leaves regrew and looks healthy. The leftover garlic water is safely kept in the jar in the fridge for about 2-3 weeks and respray the plants after rain which is washing off the garlic. I usually respray once a month if not raining, otherwise after each big rain (the large plants and trees) but the herbs almost daily after 5 pm to stay safe overnight. Avoid any flowers the plants may have to allow the bees to come and pollinate. If flowers covered in garlic, bees don’t like. Hope this helps as well 😊
While garlic sprays do work quite well, rain or even a heavy dew will wash it right off. If you live in a wet climate, li,e I do, you will find yoursef spraying every day and STILL the slugs keep coming ...
@@wemuk5170 I have been spraying daily at around 7 - 8pm with 'garlic water'. I also use organic (safe for birds and other wildlife) slug pellets, AND have 'slug pubs'. So far this year, I have had very little slug damage, so I think that what I'm doing is working. I am also in the UK, in northwest England so a LOT more rain than London!
You should show a beer trap that works in rainy climates where it is needed most! Rain would dilute it so it needs a cover of some sort. Also beer is not needed, so maybe try one with yeast! Ideas for another video!
So make cover then! These need to be replaced every few days by the way. Once full of slugs they need to be dumped. Use common sense and making a cover. A smaller container in the ground with beer then a larger cover (top of bottle with cap on it) over smaller container. Cut off edges of the outer cover to make 4 legs the legs can be long enough to sink into the ground but still have space so the slugs can get in with ease. Its not rocket science.
Instead of a open container use a whole bottle. Cut the sides of the top off leaving just enough to hold the top on then place a cheap little cup ontop of the lid. It'll be open enough to let the smell out to attract the slugs and they can still climb in while the loose cup keeps the rain out like a umbrella... I'm just guessing it'll work.😅 it's worth a try
I can buy slug traps, which have a little roof which keeps the rain out but allows slugs to crawl in easily, at £1.25 for a pack of 2, in my local town. I have several around the edges of my raised bed; some have beer in and some have yeast, water and sugar. I find the beer-filled ones seem to catch slugs better than the yeast ones. I live in a _very_ wet climate.
Ya think beer traps are good but theres a downfall they attract the slugs from outside into ur garden lime and chilli powdwer works great but no good if ur area gets planty of rain best option is to ho out at night n pick them n itll get the population down to where ya wont see much damage as ya used too i know ya can spray with garlic water n that but ya dont want everything smelling of garlic either to be honest
Honestly, sounds too easy but slugs and snails love cat biscuits. Throw a small handful of them in your garden each week and they'll eat those and leave your plants alone! If you don't believe me, just leave a line of biscuits where slugs are a problem and go take a look at night.
No need to buy beer! They go to it because of the yeast in the beer. That's what attracts them!! Take one cup of water, 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of yeast. Regular yeast like you use to make breads with. Works just as good as s beer!! I use it myself!!! I change mine out every few days or so. If it seems like a heir slowing down on coming to it, then put some new out.
You can feed them to the chickens but if you just release the chickens into the garden, they peck and scratch indiscriminately and will destroy your garden. They also don't just stop at eating slugs because they also like cabbage and other greenery.
Et puis dire : sans produits chimiques pour mettre de la chaux... ben la chaux c'est un produit chimique... et c'est totalement létal pour les limaces...
Diatonaceous earth is harmless and chemical free. Works well on both slugs, snails and ants. Some diatonaceous earth, some brands, are rain proof for up to 6 weeks.
@franceswatts4001 I cannot remember the brand name, but I get it from Canadian Tire Stores. It comes in a tall cylindrical plastic container orange and white for around $9.99
I purchased this item and was extremely disappointed. I reported that one of them didn’t work. They responded with a message that I could return it but I was responsible for paying the cost of the return.. FYI, I ORDERED 2, and they simply didn’t do the trick. This is simply my experience. Maybe yours will be different.
70 grm of copper sulphate mixed with 5 ltrs water. Spray where you do not want slugs or snails. They just dissolve, and plants use copper sulphate. I was plagued with them and tried this method wors wonders. Also sprayed on outside of pots which when dried formed a barrier similar to a copper band.
The most effective way is SEA SALT in the ground before planting and once your cabbage grows sprinkle salt over them. The salt kills the slug immediately.
You could put glue on plastic and and sprinkle som salt on to the plastic then when dry place it around your raised bed wit some rocks and the snails will dry out if they walk there sea salt is best
