Question

Slugs love copper tape didn't work last year on my Hosta ideas please? Thanks!  

Answer 1

The problem is, if one leaf touches the fence, they have a way onto the plant. Porridge oats around the pot works because they will scoff that, not the plant!  

Answer 2

Broken egg shells around the plant. rub any oil and sand on your tub to stop them climbing

Answer 3

Broken egg shells

Answer 4

Garlic drench worked for me last year

Answer 5

Vaseline. Egg shells

Answer 6

Copper tape worked great on my pots. Make sure that they can't 'parachute' in from nearby plants.  

Answer 7

Somebody here said that vaseline around the top of the plant pot works as it stops them being able to grip but I haven't tried it myself yet.  

Comments

@easygoing tried that didn't work for me

Answer 8

After checking there are no slugs/snails We put ours on the garden table every night, it’s the only way!  

Comments

@liability I do this after trying copper tape use a beer trap for my flower beds  

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@upandcoming we have tried everything over the years! This year we started early and are hoping for a perfect hosts!  

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@liability it has worked for me I just move them off the ground before I go in on a night. It means I only have two in planters but at least they get chance to grow. Good luck with yours  

Answer 9

Organic slug pellets.  

Answer 10

There are a few ways to stop slugs eating your hostas. You can surround them with a ring of crushed eggshells, which are too sharp for the slugs to crawl over. You can bury beer traps too. Fill some small containers with beer and bury them in the soil, so they are level with the surface. Slugs are attracted to the smell, and crawl in and drown. Most gardeners swear by going out in the garden in the evening, just after it gets dark, with a flashlight. Pick off all the slugs you can find and dispose of them. The best way to keep hostas safe is to employ more than one of these methods, alongside your usual slug pellets too

Answer 11

I use crushed egg shells and dont have any problems

Answer 12

Crushed egg shells or sharp grit.  

Answer 13

Maybe a few copper coins around the base of the pot!  

Answer 14

I use garlic boiled and use the water on the plant and then spray on the leaves

Answer 15

I will try to try all ideas and let you know outcome thankyou

Answer 16

Broken eggshell

Comments

@designation tried.  

Answer 17

I would sieve your soil. they may be living in it!  

Answer 18

Nope fresh.  

Answer 19

Garlic water as they start to grow

Answer 20

I moved my this year to where it’s surrounded by stones and it seems to be doing great

Answer 21

Sorry to butt in but I have loads of slugs and tried egg shells, copper tape and beer traps to no avail. I have heard there are pellets which don't harm pets (I have got a dog) does anyone know what they are as want to grow my own veg. Thank you in advance

Answer 22

Put gravel or crushed up egg shells around it . slugs dislike rough surfaces  

Answer 23

I rub garlic cloves around my tub .  

Answer 24

Horticultural grit might work. x

Answer 25

We use holly leaves scattered at the bottom of plants.  

Answer 26

I have got all my hostas with gravel round them and i I still get the odd slug  

Answer 27

I found the copper tape really good, just make sure no growth is near edge of pot that they can climb onto, no neighbouring shrubs to climb up/ onto protected plant.  

Answer 28

Slug pellets. Do the whole garden rather that just the hostas. Need to be done every other week

Answer 29

Beer  I use pellets tho . The beer trap is disgusting to empty  

Answer 30

Didn't work because they can bridge it.  

Answer 31

I read about seaweed as a natural slug repellent, worth a try? I gave up the fight against slugs and now just buy things they won’t eat ‍♀️

Answer 32

Crushed egg shells around it

Answer 33

Dishwasher salt blocks around the bottom

Answer 34

Egg shells

Answer 35

Mine are in tubs standing in a plant tray of water, seems to work for me, although did see one last year with a snorkel on swimming across  

Answer 36

Vaseline around the rim of the pot about 1 inch wide

Answer 37

Vaseline x

Answer 38

Last year I got some stuff in a tube from Wilko. Looks a bit like toothpaste. Because I have dogs and cats was unable to use the pellets. This is pet friendly. A few still get through but prevents a lot of the damage.  

Answer 39

Put sand on top of soil. They hate it.  

Answer 40

Egg shells and put them all over the soil

Answer 41

Ring of salt.  

Comments

@easygoing W Rimmell salt will soak in to the soil and kill the plant

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@symptomatic around the pot it won't.  

Answer 42

Slug pub - I use shallow tuna tin buried in soil so level with rim and fill with cheap beer - empty and refill every few days - it’s gross but it works

Answer 43

Put salt round the bottom of the pot

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@modiolus266 not in the pot thou cos you'll kill the plant

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@hartal of course, should have made that clearer lol

Answer 44

Deep heat half way up the pot

Answer 45

Lay chicken wire on soil

Answer 46

Coffee grounds

Answer 47

Put small stones round bottom

Answer 48

Put egg shells or even better sea shells. Slugs don't get to mine over sea shells

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@copestone0 are u putting the egg shells on the soil ?  

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Careful rats love egg shells. A small try of lager attracts and kills slugs.  

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@neodymium I put sea shells all around the plant on top of the soil

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@copestone0 Thankyou

Answer 49

Gardeners sand

Answer 50

Crushed egg shells work

Answer 51

Hi. Yes. crushed egg shells work a treat

Answer 52

Eggs shells

Answer 53

Crunches up dried egg shell mixed in the soil. This was my marigolds mid summer last year and the slugs or snail didn’t touch them at all.  

Answer 54

Porridge oats around the underneath your plant .  

Answer 55

Hair! It works well for me. I saved my own from my last hair cut and use that.  

Answer 56

@selfexcited17686 you are so right. I begged the sweepings up from a hairdresser, works a treat. The nasties wont cross it because it dries up all their slurgy slime!  

Answer 57

Egg shells work a treat

Answer 58

Egg shell is good. Beer works 100% but it's disgusting  

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@edelweiss and expensive if you live in Scotland  

Answer 59

Pot plant a lavender or strong smelling herb near by

Answer 60

I put crushed egg shells round

Answer 61

Also grit works

Answer 62

Vaseline round the top

Answer 63

Salt round the inside edge of the pot

Answer 64

We are going to try copper pipe we saw it on a gardening program

Answer 65

I put the pots on a small wooden table and never have any problems at all

Answer 66

You're supposed to cut the copper tape to resemble a toblerone

Answer 67

My neighbour swears by copper pipe

Answer 68

Human and dog hair . works a treat

Answer 69

Milk traps.  

Answer 70

Grit or very small gravel works for me. They don't seem to like to go over sharp surface.  

Answer 71

Beer traps on amazon

Answer 72

Garlic water sprayed on the plant

Answer 73

You need a wide strip of the tape. I used to have chickens and used a product called diatom powder to deal with mites. Discovered it worked well with slugs as it dehydrated them but no good once it's wet. When I had a pond I had a fibreglass stream that split in two in the middle. I planted the hostas on the island slug free.  

Answer 74

Sprinkle garlic granules on the top of the soil or plant some wild garlic plants around your hostas the scent will keep them away xx

Answer 75

Lemon oil and eucalyptus diluted in water and sprayed around the leaves is good also. Natural.  

Answer 76

Baked egg shells so extra sharp

Answer 77

I wrapped baco foil round the base . never had one leaf touched .  

Answer 78

Yeah I found that slugs attacked my hostas, someone suggested to sink a pint of beer into the garden close by coz slugs like it, fall in and drown. So I drank the pint of beer and replaced the hosts with something else

Answer 79

Coffe grounds. Got mine last year from costa. But have put egg shells around today x

Answer 80

QVC Richard Jackson slug pellets not harmful to pets or children and put nutrients back in the soil

Answer 81

Vick around the rim

Answer 82

Egg shells  

Answer 83

Vaseline or Vick around the edges

Answer 84

Wd40 apparently its too slippy for them to move on to x

Answer 85

Put some slate chippings on top of the soil. The slugs don't like it. It'll retain water. It'll look great. Win, win, win  

Answer 86

Would standing the pot on sandpaper work? If they dont like the grit

Answer 87

Connect a battery?  

Answer 88

Slug pub using cheapest beer from your local shop.  

Answer 89

I pour beer into a cut down bottle & push it into the soil . I catch hundreds x

Comments

@insufficiency4040 does lager work too? X

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@greaser5783 yes x

Answer 90

Beer traps are the best protection, and doesn't do any damage to wild life.  

Answer 91

Whatever it is thsts inside a sandbag -(i had some and 1 burst. Looked like very gritty sand and sharp feeling grit inside) That really helped mine

Answer 92

My slug and snail pellets working at the moment not had any biting my plants in two days since I added shed loads around all plants.  

Answer 93

Yes beer traps are great

Answer 94

Sand on top of the soil. a good layer of it

Answer 95

Vaseline around the top of your pots. Also slug wool pellets