Slugging it out!
Amateur Gardening|August 07, 2021
Bountiful rain has brought a bounty of slugs, says Peter
Peter Seabrook
Slugging it out!

SPENDING time most days of the week in the Floral Fantasia Seasonal Colour area at the RHS Hyde Hall Garden gives me the opportunity to meet a wide cross-section of the public. I have noticed that a lot of younger people are visiting and showing a keen interest in plants and gardens. When visitors ask questions, it takes a little time to assess how much they know already, before answering and giving appropriate advice. Knowing how to cope with a veritable invasion of slugs and snails is a common problem, especially after the steady delivery of heavy rain and showers through June and July.

A keen and experienced gardener of my acquaintance, fed up with slug and snail damage on sunflowers, went out after dark with a torch and on the first night gathered up 250! The next night, it was just 50, so this exercise will certainly dramatically reduce populations.

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