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to gardening with Ben well it's Tuesday
and obviously we're not down at the
allotment now until the
weekend but hopefully you'll still get
your podcasts every single day I'm
trying to record them all of the weekend
so that you got them all to listen to
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talk about different topics obviously
Sundays and Mondays episodes usually
talk about what we've got up to down at
the allotment and then in the week we
talk about different topics of planting
or tips advice and we just share them
with you so today's topic what we're
going to talk about is why is there so
many slugs in my
garden that is the question we'd all
like to know but there are ways of
preventing them and and if you can
eradicate them please do let me know
because I'd like to know
myself but yeah we're going to talk
about slugs today the gardener nightmare
of everything now I shared a post on
this on Facebook the other day and it
did quite well so I thought I'll make it
into a podcast as well for you all to
listen to for those that don't follow me
on Facebook you can listen to this and
we can talk about all the ways
of how to prevent them and why there are
so many slugs in the allotment and in
the garden what attracts them
specifically to your garden now one of
the main reasons is moisture slugs are
highly dependent on moisture for
survival and reproduction they need damp
environments to move and feed
effectively and their soft bodies are
vulnerable to drying out so the causes
of excessive moisture is overwatering
poorly drained soil or prolonged wet
weather create the perfect environment
for Slugs to thrive now this is
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the things what I usually do is when I'm
watering I water in the daytime so that
it seeps into the soil and then it
doesn't stay damp too long but the it
stays damp underneath but it doesn't
stay damp on top so if I if you were to
water at the end of the day at night
obviously it won't dry out as fast on
the top so then slugs will like and
they'll all come out so I tend to water
in the morning rather than at a night
shade and shelter slugs of nocturnal
creatures that avoid direct sunlight
obviously another reason why water in
the daytime during the day they seek
shaded cool and protected spots to hide
and conserve the moisture common hiding
spots dense plant foilage mulch rocks
fallen leaves and garden deers such
serve as shelters these areas provide
the protection the Slugs need to hydrate
and safe from
predators so one thing that you can do
is check around where they'd possibly be
hiding and get rid of them
hopefully abundant food supply slugs are
voyous feeders with a preference for
tender succulent plants a garden rich in
their favorite foods is a magnet for the
pests what attracts them young seedlings
leafy greens flowers declay DEC decaying
plant material are particularly
appealing to
slugs lack of natural Predators slugs
naturally have many predators including
Birds frogs hedgehogs and some insects
however if you Garden lacks these
natural allies slug populations can grow
unchecked so yeah attracting Wild Life
GE alotment will prevent slugs as
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need how can you tell of a sign of slug
infestation obviously you can tell from
slime trails
you can tell where slugs have been or
where they're hiding so follow the trail
and you'll often find the
slug chewed leaves obviously when you go
down and you see that leaves have been
damaged that's obviously when you know
that it's one of their favorite plants
damaged stems and
seedlings severed stems chewed bases and
collaps seedlings are a sign of slug
activity nighttime activity like I said
slugs like to come out at night the
nocturnal and do most of their feeding
under the cover of
Darkness go out with a flashlight
inspect your garden at night look
closely at plants soil and shaded areas
go and hunt them slugs
down so how can we reduce slugs in your
garden with these effective strategies
remove any hiding places slugs th in
shadeed damp environments where they can
hide during the day eliminating these
hiding spots reduces their presence
clear away dead brid fallen leaves and
overgrown vegetation keep garden beds
tidy prun dense foilage and avoid using
thick mulch near vulnerable plants this
creates an environment that is less
hospital to
slugs improve your drainage aate the
soil and ensure proper drainage in your
garden beds water plants in the morning
rather than the evening like I said
that's what I do allowing the soil to
dry during the day of void overwatering
to minimize damp conditions attract
natural predators that is one of the
biggest things you can do create a
wildlife friendly Garden to attract
these slug eating Predators provide
shelter like logs or rck P set up water
dishes or install bird houses and
Hedgehog nesting boxes to encourage
these animals to visit your garden and
then they'll go around eating all the
SLS up so it saves you a job going
around you slug resistant PL
in corporate plants like lavender
Rosemary geraniums and ferns that slugs
tend to avoid mix slug resistant plants
with more vulnerable crops to act as a
natural deterrent and create a balanced
planting scheme setup traps obviously
the biggest one is beer citrus peels or
damp cardboard to attract slugs check
traps daylight and dispose of trap slugs
far from your garden to prevent them
from returning replace bait regulate for
consistent results create barriers you
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crushed
eggshells or gravel around the base of
plants these materials irritate and
deter slugs from
Crossing so yeah those are some of the
things that you can do to stop slugs now
one of my plot neighbors he came up with
this invention what I thought was
absolutely fantastic I won't be able to
make one of these so if you are good
with electrical things try this out he
basically put two wires around his
raised beds and connected it to a
battery so that when the slug went over
both wires it shocked it and they fell
off of the raised bed now I thought that
was fantastic obviously if you're
against like you might class that as
cruel I don't know but it kept the Slugs
off the plants and yeah I thought that
was a good little tip so if you're good
at anything like that have a go and see
if you can do it so that is basically
all our tips and advice on how to stop
slugs from eating everything so give
some of a try or if you've got anything
that you recommend send me a message
because I'd love to find out how to stop
slugs because they do eat everything on
my plot uh but I tend to let a lot of
the wheat grow so then it deters them
from the actual
vegetation but yeah please do let me
know how you keep slugs off your garden
so that has been today's podcast I hope
you've enjoyed it I hope it's giving you
some ideas on how to prevent slugs from
eating everything so until next time
everyone remember keep smiling keep
shining and keep gardening with Ben
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