Is there any way to get rid of slugs that crawl on your front porch?

Question

Usually at night from the adjoining flower bed. I have tried salting their path, but they always seem to find a way around it!

Answer 1

Slugs love beer. Bury a cup to the rim in your flower bed and fill it almost to the top with beer (about a half inch from top). They will be drawn to that and fall in to drink. Then they can't get back out.

Answer 2

Strategy 1: Cultural Control - Reduce Favorable Habitat - Since slugs require moist soil in which to lay their eggs and cool, moist, sheltered sites in order to hide during the day, try to open up the garden and landscape to more sun and air penetration. Often, gardens and plants have been over mulched. Mulch should not be applied thicker than three inches and a uniform layer of one inch is desirable. This provides some protection from rapid drying to the plants but does not retain excessive soil moisture. Since slugs often like wilted or decaying plant material, do not place weed remains or fresh grass clippings in the garden. Place these into a composting area which is constantly turned for more rapid compost formation. Likewise, remove plant remains and leaves in the fall.

Strategy 2: Trapping - The use of beer, near-beer or any fermenting food (such as a mixture of sugar, yeast and water) put in cups in the ground will surprise one in the number of slugs that fall into the cups and drown. This method is helpful but still has a lot to be desired. In fact, commercial slug baiting stations can be purchased for the same purpose.

Strategy 3: Commercial Slug Baits - Slug baits are probably the most consistent and efficient method of slug control. Several commercially available baits or pellets are available which contain a molluscicide, a poison which kills snails and slugs. Since these poisons may be toxic to pets, fish and humans, carefully use the products as directed on the labels. For a current listing of slug bait pesticides, please refer to OSU See Bulletin 504.

Answer 3

Pour some beer on a plate and set it on the front porch. The smell attracts the slugs, but kills them. Throw the collection in the shrubery in the morning and no more problem. Good luck.

Answer 4

Try bigger, rock salt. You can go to the home improvement stores and get a little siphon box that you crank and it spreads it out evenly so it's impossible for them to find a way around it. That, or fill the box with some sort of poison or repellant.

Answer 5

i've got in no way had 'slug' subjects for a whole of 15-2 a protracted time, then 0nce I used my veranda for my provider canines a chilled place for him, and at circumstances to alleviate himself (I clean it up 2 seconds after he is going, additionally wash it down). What i'm getting from above is it quite is the damp water from clearing the section from his alleviation is inflicting the slugs to come again up. i will tell through fact their in no way there once I awaken, yet they pass away their shinning residue marks on the veranda, they ought to arise in the process the evening. guess, what i'm asking, is the dampness inflicting them to come again up the veranda (the veranda is off the floor approximately 5-8 ft), and that i will no longer be able to apply alcohol to rid them, as my provider canines relaxes obtainable. the different answer....?

Answer 6

at flower and garden shops there is a slug bait, looks kind of like sawdust, it is very effective. kills em dead i suppose, atleast they go away after using it for a while.

Answer 7

Put out a saucer of beer.

They love it. They'll drown (happy).

http://www.worldofbeer.com/brightbeer/slugs.html
http://www.ghorganics.com/page13.html

[The other thing is, don't put slug bait around your garden, because it'll attract slugs...]

Answer 8

Salt the entire pourch!

Answer 9

in the stores they seel something to kill the slugs or get them out try osh in the gardening section

Answer 10

salt they will die and bubble kinda cool to watch the st time but after that it's just mean