Slugs!!!!!!!!!

[ladywoman]

Please, please can somebody help. We are overrun with little white slugs on our lawn. Have picked up over 100 tonight - must be 500 or more in total so far. Are we fighting a losing battle and what can we do to get rid of them other than pellets which harm the birds. We have stopped feeding the birds in the hope they will eat the slugs instead to but that's
not working. We are at our wits end trying to keep them away from our plants - just glad we don't have any Hostas !! Any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks

[jno]

Try treehugger.com

[Buenchico]

From the RHS:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=228

[Barmaid]

I'd suggest beer traps with that many.

[ladywoman]

Thanks jno and buenchico for your advice. Will follow it up.

[ladywoman]

Thanks Barmaid

[Old_Geezer]

Buy a few hedgehogs.

[malagabob]

Salt.

[waterboatman]

I've got four hedgehogs living in the back garden. I never see a slug or snail.

[Chipchopper]

Do you have any coffee grounds ?.
coffee is toxic to slugs.

[rowanwitch]

Unusual for them to be on a lawn like that, try brushing them up and binning them in a well tied bin bag. Then I second the slug pubs. Another option is spread lettuce leaves as it gets dark then pick them up an hour later. You will collect loads

[ladywoman]

Thanks everyone, lots of ideas to try

[Chipchopper]

What I meant to say was "caffeine is toxic to slugs"
They may well like decaf ;-)

[woodchopper]

bird and animal friendly slug pellets

[Georgiesmum]

Leave them to your local hedgehogs. They will think they are in paradise.