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