How To Control Slugs
Updated : July 30, 2019
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Thank you Mike for the video.I have a problem with roly-polies eating my creeping flox and other ground covers. Is this product helpful to get rid of them?
Ludvika,
That I really don’t know.
Ludvlka,
Watch Mike’s video again and listen to him read the list of pests controlled by “escar-go” (at 1:12 in the video). He mentions pill bugs which is another name for roly-polies, so I would say that this product would work for you.
You can also use diatomaceous earth (I have purchased this at walmart before). Sprinkle around the base of plants and re-apply after rain.
Good luck with your flowers!
Thanks Mike! Always love to hear and read advice.
I’m not seeing lots of slugs but many beetles. And those huge black ants love my peas. They give me a hard time when picking my peas. They pinch the fire out of me. I honestly don’t know what the beetles are doing unless they are eating leaves. The only thing eating my peas is my silly chickens if I allow them out of their pen. Which I did like doing until they started knocking down my peas. I know we need a temporary fence. I’m ordering one today.
Just grateful for all the help you have been for me throughout the years.
You’re welcome Debby, thank you for following along.
Epsom salts works great for soft body bugs. It is inexpensive and your plants love it. Just sprinkle it around the perimeter of your plant and your slug problem is no longer. I use it through out my garden and it is earth friendly!!
Please be informed. Diatomaceous earth is NOT ground up clam shells., It is the fossilized remains of diatoms, a type of hard shelled algae. It is millions of years old.
I have looked and haven’t found any blog regarding NEMATODES. Anyone find a good, easy, economical cure? Plastic sheet solarization only treats the first 6-8 inches and the eliminates tilling – ever again for fear of bringing up new enemies!!!
I read about a little trick in a book I have about landscape problem solving…last year we had an awful amount of rain and I had a awful problem with slugs. You can take a shaker of salt and sprinkle the salt on them and it kills em. It was a quick solution, if you can stand to be that cruel!
I used DE (diatomacious earth) which is ground up clam shells taken from the bottom of the sea. It got rid of the snails -or whatever was eating my hostas. However, DE is not discrimatory, it will kill everything. BUT so do praying mantises. I have plenty of those and love them. They tilt their head and listen, when I talk to them! They look like little ETs.
I have had another problem all over the yard tho’. Suddenely something will just wilt and die. I have a powdery mildew fungus problem and have had to fight it. Could that be the cause of everything else dying like that. How do I get rid of fungus when we’ve had a drought most of the summer?
Diatomaceous earth is the remains of diatoms, a type of sea plant. The skeletons of these are silica. The sharp edges of these cut into the slugs and kill or repel them.
I have yet to have summer or zucchini squash plants make it through the entire summer. This year we picked ONE squash!
I have found that my cucumbers are much more productive now that I train (tie) them up a pole rather than letting them stay on the ground. The cukes are much cleaner and there are way more of them!
We had waist high bell pepper plants but only one pepper. It was a very strange gardening year for veggies!….Connecticut
Thanks for you time Mike, first time i heard about Gardens Alive and I’ll take your advice and get on their mailing list.
Love garden alive , just git my catalog , its great . got some homework . Trying to find something to protect veggies that grow on vines , they keep dying prematurely every year
GREAT INFORMATION, Mike!!!!!!!!!! There are many that I know who prefer “earth friendly” remedies to keep the pests out of their lawns and gardens. And, as I have shared much about your business and tips I definitely shared THIS info with them, too.
Yes, Gardens Alive! is a great resource I used this year, also. I have not had any slugs in my flower garden this year even after just one application of Escar-Go. Haven’t had enough rain to have a slug problem lately. I also got some ladybugs and nematodes, the latter to control grubs in the lawn. No brown patches yet in my lawn except from lack of rain. Hopefully, that’ll also get rid of my underground animal friends who love to burrow in my lawn! Gardens Alive really works!