I find slugs destroying my chilli and capsicum plants. Do they destry them? What is the remedy?

Question

Of late, I find my plants in one plot withering away. These are chilli and capsicum plants. On digging the soil around the roots of the plants, I found a number of slugs sticking to the stem and roots of the plants. I would like to know if slugs are responsible for the withering of the healthy plants. And if so, what is the remedy to rid the soil of these slugs.

Answer 1

The slugs certainly could be the cause of your plants distress.
1) Pick the nasty besties off & squash them
2) Fill shallow dishes with beer set around the plant area, they'll get into it & drown. Really they luv beer.
3) Sprinkle plain old table salt on them, it kills them on contact.
4) Go to garden supply store & by slug killer(Seven or Disidous Earth)

Answer 2

All of the answers involving beer are great. Grape juice works also. Sprinkle diatomaceous earth (get it cheap at swimming pool stores) around plant. It will kill the slugs. Put a copper barrier tape around plant (get in plumbing section of home depot store) they will not cross it. And when you find a ball of the nasty little buggers, smother them with salt, they will dissolve

Answer 3

My mom used to put a small saucer of beer on the ground next to the plants. Make sure the lip of the saucer is at ground level. They love the beer, and die. That is a natural way to go. There are products at any nursery or garden shop as well.

Answer 4

There is a powder that works on most all bugs, but it is fairly dangerous to humans too. It is called seven (pronounced se'-vin). I have not ever tried it on consumable plants, but I dont think that it absorbs into the plant as after a rain fall you need to reapply it as the bugs will come back. But I would read the instructions about food bearing plants if you plan to use it.

Answer 5

Get some egg shells and smash them up, Put them a round the plants every where the shells will cut the slugs up and they will die

Answer 6

Slugs - A shallow container filled w beer placed on the ground will attract and kill them. Chemical treatment would be w/ metaldehyde.

Answer 7

well you could try this git 1 cucumbers and some grass and put it in a small dish and cover it in salt then place it in front of you plants and the slugs should go for it or put up a barrier of salt or chalk around your plants

Answer 8

i have heard from people with gardens that putting a little beer in small dishes around the infested areas will kill slugs. sorry i have not tried it for myself so i can't verify the effectiveness.

Answer 9

You can put something small and scratchy like gravel, crushed shells and such cause its hard for them to slide across. Also they love beer, fill up shallow bowls of beer and they will walk right in and drown.

Answer 10

Grab a bottle of beer and a plastic bowl, they climb in for the beer and die.I don't know why this works but it does. My grandmother told me about it and it did work.