Gardeners! - How can I stop slugs and snails eating my Hosta?

Question

I've tried slug pellets, and anti-slug tape, but it is still being consumed. Any other ideas?

Answer 1

rough and small gravel / grit round the plants at least 6 - 8 inches will discourage them but keep up the slug pellets as well make sure that you keep putting the grit round as it does sink in when it rains

they hate roughness on their foot more than we do
all the other answers will help to some degree

Answer 2

Broken up eggshell arond the plant is supposed to help,i've also heard that they are partial to weetabix which is supposed to pog them up so they leave the plants alone but don't put milk on it,also if you grow a garlic plant close by then the plants near the garlic are supposed to pick up the taste which slugs and snails don't like.I've never tried any of these i use pellets or find them during the day and get rid of them

Answer 3

If you do use any kind of snail or slug bait(my favorite is Sluggo too) remember this: Snail and slugs are made mostly of water. The trick to baiting is to water the plants first, apply snail bait, then with hold water for 48 hours. Snails and slugs dry out and can't get back under cover. They kinda melt. I know it's gross.

Good luck :-)

Answer 4

I have had very good results with Ortho's slug bait when used as directed and have not noticed it to harm anything else.

Also slugs are supposed to hate sand so you could try pouring that around too.

But slug bait is your best bet. It takes a while to get all of the little buggers.

Answer 5

bypass round early morning/nightfall and %. up all you will locate and placed them in a jam jar. placed a black plastic bag on the soil close by and weigh it down with stones/timber planks/brick. After munching all nighttime the slugs will conceal lower than the black plastic, next day placed em contained in the jar with the others. We attempt this frequently and the inhabitants finally declines. also improve better than you pick and stagger the planting. There at the prompt are some organic and organic pellets yet no longer positive how useful they're. Please dont use the blue pellets as those can kill birds who devour the slugs/snails.

Answer 6

I wash empty egg shells, dry them on a low heat in the oven, crush them and place around the plant, neither slugs or snails will venture over them.

Answer 7

Sluggo Slug Bait - follow manufacturers directions. You can purchase this at your local garden store.

Answer 8

not 100% but i think slug pellets should only be put out late evening when they come out

Answer 9

I had some success with surrounding the base of the plant with sharp gravel. Some of the little blighters still manage to get across - think they have survival training. May have to resort to more extreme measures.

Answer 10

you could try the beer in a cup dug into the ground - theywill go for the drink and drown, or, if you are expecting a non-rainy few days, put a thick layer of salt around the base of the plant - we all know what salt does to them!!!