Slugs can wreck gardens in January as they can greatly damage plants already vulnerable due to the cold, but there is an easy way to stop them only using items around your home.

Slugs are a common pest in the garden, munching on new growth and seedlings - but there is no need to panic as there are many ...

Early planted crops (e.g. lettuce and salad crops) are especially vulnerable. Slugs can damage crops at varying stages. Direct feeding on seedlings can result in plant loss. At later stages, feeding ...

Leopard slugs are easily recognisable thanks to their leopard-like spots. The species can grow up to 16cm and is commonly found in parkland, woodland and gardens ...

Home remedies used to deter slugs and snails from prized plants appear to have no scientific basis. Using the likes of grit or egg shells to guard against slug attack did not reduce damage to ...

Do not water leaves, flowers, fruit or vegetables. Clematis: Grow this flowering vine on a trellis or fence in full sun, but with the base of the plant shaded and cool. Slugs do not typically damage ...

Slugs usually feed on the lower part of plants, eating partly or completely through the leaf. They leave narrow, irregular, linear tracks or scars of various lengths. Severe feeding can result in ...

Astrantia plants give off a scent that repels slugs, and when placed in the middle ... The most serious damage is caused by the larvae which live in the soil and eat roots, weakening growth ...

“Summer bedding is notoriously susceptible to slug damage, so it’s a case of really using slug-resistant plants such as ...

The plants will be examined weekly for signs of damage and, at the end of the experiment, all the lettuces will be harvested and weighed. The grey garden slug, Deroceras reticulatum, is an ...

Add a cover that is about 25 cm across (e.g. plant pot saucer, sacking ... Continue to trap, until crops have passed their vulnerable stage. Slug monitoring periods and damage thresholds Monitoring ...

Though they live in our gardens all year round, they tend to hide in dark, damp places during the heat of summer, so they do the most damage ... that live on plants. Most of the slugs and snails ...