Slugs are wreaking havoc across British gardens as the wet weather continues into summer 2024. Gardening legend Alan Tichmarsh has compared them to bed bugs, admitting he chucks them over his fence to ...

With the arrival of spring comes cheerful yellow daffodils, billowing branches of blossom and lambs in the fields – along with one rather less welcome seasonal arrival: slugs. While this time of year ...

close up of a slug in vegetable garden - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock I'm a master gardener who specializes in organic growing and permaculture, so I've spent the past few decades testing all ...

(Beyond Pesticides, December 8, 2020) Researchers at Oregon State University recently made a promising discovery that could significantly improve the ability for North American farmers and gardeners ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Parwinder Grewal is working on research he hopes will wipe out slugs before they do the same to farmers' fields. The Ohio State University researcher and entomologist is trying to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 25, 2021) Scientists at Oregon State University have found a highly effective bait for slugs and snails: bread dough. Although not quite as exciting as the slug-liquefying ...

There are warnings of another potential "slugageddon" after some parts of the UK saw 50% of annual rainfall in the first six ...

Common myths for deterring slugs, like using citrus peel, don't necessarily work, and they put people off trying other natural controls. There are plenty of organic slug control methods, but many ...

There are plenty of organic slug control methods, but many people try just one thing and expect a miracle cure. But what works is combining multiple natural strategies to keep slugs at bay without ...