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this hosta is slug free by putting vaseline round the tub,slugs love hostas and ruin the look of them xx I think the slugs like the pale leaved/varigated ones, must be more tender. None of my dark leaved ones have been touched. What a beautiful

Hello, my slug problem is pretty huge even though I have all sorts of wildlife. I have started putting roughly crushed eggshells amongst and around my hostas in the hope that the slugs and snails won't like to manoevre through or past them. I save

we have got more slugs than year than any year before Make yourself a small pond, the frogs will eat them. Tried nematodes for the first time a couple of years ago and am now a convert! However, still have the problem of snails which need

I found these under an old planet pot not used for a few years. I want to know if they are leopard slugs or do I need to kill them now?     Look like them to me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax_maximus but I'm not an expert - anybody else

Despite a very dry start to the year where I had difficulty getting seeds to germinate, or plants to establish ( we don't have piped water on the allotments, and the captured water ran out very early), the end of the year has seen a massive slug

I can't believe I've just spent the last half hour wearing headtorch and spearing 35 slugs with a wooden skewer. These beasts are really getting to me this year. I think they are living in the soil in the cracks between the flags on the patio

I can't help laughing at all the articles I keep reading on slugs and snails and what people do to them, I've not give up and I think some people {nieghbours} may think I'm mad in and out at night and half grapefruit skins between plants all over

Can anybody help me get rid of what seems like the entire worlds population of slugs in my garden? I began gardening two years ago and the first year was fab...lots of veg and flowers with very little attack from the slimy critters...ugh! but last

My compost heap is full of slugs and snails and I feel I am spreading these and eggs across the garden when I use the compost.    Any comments as I am so reluctant to use the compost on my veg. garden

There is a waste ground behind my back fence. An eco-friendly way of getting rid of slugs from my garden is to collect them by hand and lob them over the fence (though I'm sure they make their way back). However, I am left with a lot of slime