Plastic Slug & Snail Plant Protection Collars (Pack of 12) for Plants and Flowers

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Then drill or pierce holes in the lid, so that fresh air, rain, and irrigation water can get inside.

These edges are difficult to overcome for slugs, as they are too sharp for the animals to climb around the corner. These homemade slug collars are perfect for protecting newly planted seedlings from slugs and snails. How to make DIY slug collars…Perhaps their biggest advantage is that it is possible to combine them with garden cloches and mosquito nets. It’s best to use old transparent storage containers. Again, the bottom of the vessels is carefully removed, and this allows you to slip them over the garden plants. The idea behind these barriers is that they stop the slugs from being able to crawl over them. Slugs apparently will not go over a 90-degree angle, you can look it up on YouTube, a few people have tested the theory and it seems to hold. If you do not understand German, just copy what you can see and use generated subtitles for more detailed information: Slugs and snails are extremely common in UK gardens, and can wander into houses too. They feed on a variety of vegetable and ornamental plants, from hostas to potato tubers. They’re so common they often can’t be fully-eradicated, so slug collars are the best and easiest long-term solution.

Since the collars are not deeply embedded in the soil (only a couple of inches/centimeters), they cannot protect the plants against slugs that live and move underground; for example, gray field slugs . This is completely natural and is what happens in your soil all the time. By adding nematodes you are just increasing the number of the slug killing type.

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So instead of buying new stuff, take the time to create peaceful slug control measures for the garden. Another way to improve the effectiveness is to close the opening of the collar with mosquito or fruit tree nets. The RHS study also found other natural slug deterrents like bark mulch, eggshells, sharp grit or wool pellets, to be ineffective in their study, with zero reduction in slug damage.

But the metal fences are relatively expensive and not affordable for some gardeners. Plastic fences, on the other hand, are often not effective enough.

Transforming old drinking cups and yogurt pots into snail collars does not require a lot of prior manual knowledge. It is also possible to make a lid by cutting a piece of wood, cardboard, or plastic that fits on or in the opening. Salting slugs is a common technique gardeners use. Salt is toxic to slugs, since it draws the moisture out from their bodies through osmosis, dehydrating it rapidly and killing it.

Slugs and snails are confused by the collar because it means they would have to take a detour to get to their food.

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It is possible to recycle things that would otherwise end up in the trash, and use them as a means of slug control.