With National Gardening Week fast approaching, experts have shared several tips gardeners should be aware of - one of which is a task to steer away from if gardeners don t want their outdoor space to be a magnet for slugs .
Slugs and snails love eating leafy plants such as hostas and delphiniums as well as young, tender seedlings. If you ve got irregular-shaped holes in the leaves of your plants then it s likely you have a slug or snail problem.
Slugs and snails particularly love feeding on young plants as well as hostas. Rather than using pesticides, a gardening expert has shared how to deter the pests using natural methods.
Slugs can be a nuisance in the garden, especially when attempting to grow delicious fruit. I recently used a kitchen scrap to see if it would deter slugs from eating my strawberries, and the results were surprising.
Slugs love certain plants but especially asters, delphiniums, dahlias and salad leaves. Banishing slugs and stopping them from attacking plants can be tricky but there are ways to get rid of slugs without using harsh chemicals.