Last year turned out to be a success in the war against the slug menace. My arsenal comprised of organic slug pellets, wool pellets, and various other barrier methods. It was also the first year I did not use nematodes. It was my intention to use this biological army to wage battle on the slimy despicableness but as the year wore on and the enemy was thin on the ground I took the chance not to use this more expensive option. The other methods seemed to work well. Or maybe I was just lucky!
I have no doubt luck did play a factor, as this article by the Horticultural Week shows that slugs and snails were still enemy number 1 in 2013.
So what will this year ahead bring? Only time will tell, but the winter has been wet rather than cold and my fear is that the slugs are biding their time before they launch an attack just as I plant out my first seedlings.
As if our battle was not hard enough, it seems the UK slugs have requested international reinforcements in the guise of the Spanish Stealth Slug. More on this enemy can be found at Slug Watch.
This is war!
I have no doubt luck did play a factor, as this article by the Horticultural Week shows that slugs and snails were still enemy number 1 in 2013.
So what will this year ahead bring? Only time will tell, but the winter has been wet rather than cold and my fear is that the slugs are biding their time before they launch an attack just as I plant out my first seedlings.
As if our battle was not hard enough, it seems the UK slugs have requested international reinforcements in the guise of the Spanish Stealth Slug. More on this enemy can be found at Slug Watch.
This is war!
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