Stopping Slugs Eat Your Potatoes

Slugs can be a real menace, eating your fine lettuce, cabbages and even potatoes.

Don't allow your gardening to be ruined by the slug try these methods for a slug free garden.

Decapitation. Take a spade and go out on a wet morning and cut the old blighters in half. A bit gruesome but its a very organic method and pretty effective. Better sport than chasing an old fox round the countryside anyway.

To make the decapitation method easier, turn over old flat stones and cabbage leaves, you'll probably find quite a few underneath. Cut them in half and who know you will help them to reincarnate as a more advanced animal.

Beer Traps. Find your cheapest beer and pour it into a plastic cup sunk in the ground. The slugs will be attracted by the beer and drown in the liquid. The slugs will be at least happy as they pass into their next incarnation.


Frogs. Frogs are a great friend of the gardener. Frogs will eat plenty of slugs, so consider having a pond next to your potatoes.


See also: Tips for dealing with slugs and snails