Yep, there's no getting away from them! Slugs n snails are out to munch on your prize winning blooms and veggies! To them your garden is an All-you-can-eat Buffet!
Wet weather will always encourage slugs & snails to attack our plants, but by getting out into the garden regularly, and picking them off along with organic traps and physical barriers, we can win the war!
Once you've scooped them all up, put them well away from your garden, but where?... France perhaps? They seem to like snails there, but if you feel that's a bit too far to travel, then perhaps a grassy verge or under a bush well away from your garden next you're walking the dog.
Quick facts
Common name: Slugs and snails
Scientific names: Arion, Cornu, Deroceras, Limacus and many more
Slugs and snails are beneficial in gardens as many slugs and snails are recyclers, feeding on dead leaves, dung and even dead animals
They are also an important food source for other garden wildlife, including, birds, beetles and reptiles
Slugs and snails are gastropods; a type of mollusc
If you want to minimise slugs and snail feeding on your plants, making changes to your growing practices is the best strategy
Find out more about slugs n snails along with a list of plants less likely to munched on, by visiting Slugs and snails / RHS Gardening
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