How to Control Slugs and Snails Naturally

It can be extremely difficult to control slugs and snails in the garden and stop them munching on your plants. There are so many proposed solutions out there, from pellets to pine mulch, the question is; do they actually work? And if not, what does?
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[@EdurtreG]

I have accepted them as a part of the ecosystem. I collect them in a ventilated pot with some leaves in the daytime - store in shadow - and put them outside in the municipal shrubs at around 22.00. Hedgehog dinnertime. Since those can hardly find any food anymore with the lack of biodiversity, fences everywhere and very poor soil, everybody is happy with this arrangement. I also have a drinkingbowl for the hedgehogs, has to be cleaned everyday.

[@markg6860]

Beautiful! I'm sure the little guys appreciate such a wonderful nighttime feast!

[@beckyn1470]

We have a hedgehogs too which we feed, the slugs love the hedgehog food too. So everyone’s a winner! 🙂

[@TheSuicidalUnicorn]

Thank you for this 💜🙏🗝️♀️🔥🦚🦢💃💜

[@cherylhowker1792]

I'd love to do this....but don't know if and where there's any headgehogs

[@YamiKisara]

Everyone bar the slugs, I'm sure, lol

[@wendystar3727]

I chop a clove of garlic and leave overnight in a basin of water or boil and allow to cool. Then sprinkle the pieces around the plant bases and spray the water onto the bottom leaves. Works wonders! Even if it rains the soil retains the scent which slugs and snail hate.

[@lizreilly2493]

Thank you for that, I'll be trying that out tomorrow!

[@edsonpaschoal5744]

Vou tentar usar aqui no Brasil esse método contra caramujo africano agradeço

[@pegasus8718]

This hasn’t worked for me. I made a potion from boiling cloves of garlic and spraying all the bottom stalks and the leaves of hostas. These pests are still making net curtains out of the leaves. Broken eggshells are also round the whole plant.

[@wendystar3727]

To Shropshire Las Sorry to learn that you had no success with my method. I’m really SO amazed. They used to devour my hostas and about 6 years ago I was advised to bring the garlic to the boil and leave it to cool before spaying the water around the base of each plant. It worked a treat and every leaf since that time has been untouched. I did see a few small slugs on this year’s runner beans as they peaked above the soil so I boiled three cloves of garlic and used the water to spray the entire row with a watering can. This gave the soil and the plants a fair soaking and I also chopped the bulbs into small pieces and scattered them. I inspect the area every night by torchlight and am pleased to see no more livesstock. Presumably your Shropshire slugs are of a different temperament to ours in Sussex. I wish you all the best in your search to be rid of the beasts. Many years ago I successfully used jars of beer sunk into the grown and they died, happy but I kept forgetting to inspect the jars full of rotten slug corpses !!

[@pegasus8718]

@@wendystar3727 thanks for your reply Wendy. I was surprised to see that the garlic spray didn’t deter the slugs from my hostas. I used this method years ago on sawfly that devoured the Solomon's Seal plant yearly and it worked wonders, no more stripped leaves by the young grubs. Could be I'll need to make a stronger garlic spray and have another go. Oh! just thought, I am using the Elephant Garlic, these days, which is larger and milder, maybe there's the clue?

[@jeansroses7249]

one problem with d.e. is that once it gets wet, it becomes less effective, and of course, one has to water the plants, or it rains, so an expensive item is wasted. I use copper tape around pots with their bottoms cut out, and place the pot around the plant. I make sure to make it at least 3" wide. It protects for the life of the plant, and I use them from year to year. another thing i use is hair; slugs don't like to get into it, so they avoid it. I get bags of it from the beauty salon, wash it, and surround plants that I can't use a pot surround with, such as onions, asparagus, rhubarb, etc.

[@emmalouie1663]

I agree. The test has to be with the soil all wet because some areas get A LOT of rain.

[@drelle4200]

You need to be careful with using human hair in the garden as it's much stronger and longer than animal hair and can get caught around birds feet etc

[@jeansroses7249]

@@drelle4200 good point; but I only use hair in crops that birds aren't interested in, like onions, cole crops, etc

[@pamtyer7297]

Wow, that’s even more awesome than giving it to the birds. I have a lot of hair on my head and it’s very long and I have a ton of it in my hair brush every day and I’m bout to garden and my hairs gonna be part of my mix. I have slugs snails ants pincher bugs.

[@jeansroses7249]

@@pamtyer7297 yeah, everytime I clean the hair out of my brush I put it in a little plastic bag and then later put that into a bigger bag I'm collecting. always have plenty!

[@LisaBoulders]

I love your scientific approach!

[@ruthking8243]

Also a guy illustrated using a copper scrubber,taking it apart and applying on the base of plant. A lady says she uses used foil. So additional ideas for your slug arsenal.

[@billyandrew]

Ah, a sensible person, Ruth. 👏👏👏 I've used the scourers for the last four years running and beer traps for at least three decades. Haven't tried foil, but, so far, no need.

[@davienajoseph7011]

I use pennies!

[@evymoerman7112]

Do you bury the pennies or lay them on the earth?​@@davienajoseph7011

[@soapyacreshomestead2226]

Cornmeal works like a charm as well. It sticks to them and stops them in their tracks.

[@foxyrosie22]

again when dry.

[@John-kj5wh]

yep and then do this every night it accumulates and you start to have other problems. Theyll eat it for the sweet starch in the meal itself. Then you do this, and it rains that night, washing into the soil, now you have food for them and 10s of 1000s more of them. I question some of the advise being given bc i know there is alot of people that hate gardeners for being self reliant food producers.

[@lorabor8967]

Then the fox will eat it. I already have a problem with her attacking my bird feeder.

[@kirkwilson5905]

The gluten in corn meal becomes a anti-germination agent in the spring when you try to grow seeds.

[@6stringgunner511]

We've always placed a shallow mini pie tin next to the plants. In the mini pie tins, we'd put a 1/4 inch of Guinness beer. The slugs will go to the beer 1st and drown. You can protect many plants and rows with 1 pint. Do this every night.

[@hortondlfn1994]

I remember when my mom first tried this method, except she used about a depth of about 1 inch of Budweiser in a plastic tub (empty "Cool Whip" carton). The next day, it was filled to the brim with dead slugs. Wow!

[@6stringgunner511]

@@hortondlfn1994 That's awesome. I wasn't sure if just any beer would work. Budweiser and like brews are a quite bitter. Thanks for the info. Good to know. Have a GREAT week and be safe out there.

[@annieg5487]

What about frogs or hedgehogs will it harm them I bought a slug trap same principal but it was too deep so didnt use it as was worried frogs might get in as we see them in the garden

[@6stringgunner511]

@@annieg5487 As far as I know , I don't have hedgehogs in my area. And about the frogs? I've never found a frog in the beer trap. Have a GREAT evening and be safe out there.

[@cheerubebayonettaholopaine2638]

so cruel

[@rrbb36]

It rains so often where I live that DE isn’t really a reliable option for me. Tony O’Neil on Simplify Gardening shows how to make a homemade nematode spray that wipes out slugs wherever it’s applied. It’s so effective he had a difficult time finding any slugs in his yard to demonstrate! That’s the method I’ll be using next… and hopefully LAST!

[@StarkeyatRingo]

same here - Same here - ducks work great too

[@hezmydaddyo2722]

Do you have a link for that? Thank you

[@StarkeyatRingo]

@@hezmydaddyo2722 did you find it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZiUlKKpj75poZI

[@rrbb36]

@@hezmydaddyo2722 If this link doesn’t work the KZbin channel is called: “Simplify Gardening”. He has 2 vids about slug control kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZiUlKKpj75poZI

[@TRUMPGIRL-px4ll]

Whats the recipe for it? Would be nice to share it if you speak of this so highly?

[@craigstablenswinc2241]

I use a saucer of beer or wine the slugs and snails drift off in an alcoholic coma, the birds are not effected either by the small amount of alcohol the pest ingest.

[@womanofsubstance8735]

The only problems with diatomaceous earth is that it is expensive and must be replaced after heavy rains. Egg shells DO work, but only if they are ground to about the same size as cornmeal or diatomaceous earth, and they are cheap. And, of course, beer works, but . . . eew! And ducks love to eat them, so if you have ducks to feed, then that's another possibility.

[@billyandrew]

Tried DE for three years....never worked, even pouring it directly on slugs. They just produce more mucus, which washes it off, unless the slug is already severely weakened and dehydrated. Type in slugs and razorblades, here on KZbin, and you'll understand why eggshells do not work.

[@womanofsubstance8735]

@@billyandrew They have worked pretty well for me, but I have to admit that the only REAL cure is a shovel. Icky but effective.

[@ernaverheijdt2925]

I use them and 100% agree. It also deters ants and kill them also cockroaches. Thanks for sharing.

[@WildwoodTV]

Nice comparison, I use DE for chicken mites - it contains glass-like diatoms, but rain would wash it away - especially here in the UK! Thank goodness slug-pellets are no longer used (we have hedgehogs too). I think drowning in beer seems the best method of slug control. They're too slimy for chickens but ducks eat them (also the plants!). Lay a plank down & you'll catch lots after rain/watering.

[@billyandrew]

I've seen slugs covered in DE and they effected their escape by producing more mucus to slough off the DE.

[@josephrachellash7212]

My chooks love slugs

[@davinasquirrel7672]

DE can be harmful to chickens' respiratory systems. Use with caution.

[@badoiuecristian]

2 out of a thousand slugs like the beer, i literally sat watching going by… next… nematodes

[@Gardeners_Farmers]

thanks

[@cacogenicist]

Here's the problem -- and it's a big problem: When are slugs a problem? When it's been raining a lot. What happens when diatomaceous earth barriers get wet? They completely stop working. So I'm sure this works pretty well when it's nice and dry -- when you don't actually have a slug problem.

[@billyandrew]

Keep in mind that this is an advert. Folk are forgetting this.

[@EdurtreG]

Do not use poison or salt! You will then also poison birds and hedgehogs.

[@gimkit1188]

Great! Free fertilizer

[@danilogacesjr]

Yes I don't use metaldehyde anymore.

[@JT_Williams]

Why salt?

[@pointsnorth3924]

I use soap powder. It does need to be renewed but I was away on holiday for 10 days and when I got back my plants were fine. I think soap powder breaks down quickly. I am about to experiment with a mixture of soap powder & instant coffee as this also works but it has to be pretty thick I am planning to buy de & add this to the mix.

[@billyandrew]

😂😂😂😂😂 Anything added to the soil's surface leeches downwards. I've tried it all, over the decades, and found only beer traps and copper scourers work, but, by all means, knock yourself out, be my guest.

[@Jeweli.]

Great idea, it kills fleas and mites too.

[@rrbb36]

It kills MOST insects. The list of what it’s effective against is much longer than those it is not.

[@billyandrew]

This is an advert. Bear that in mind. I tried it for three years and found it only dehydrated the weakest slugs. The fact it contains silica is neither here nor there, as slugs easily traverse razor blades set as barriers. You're being given a sales pitch, carefully edited.

[@Jeweli.]

@@billyandrew I save slugs and give them water and veg scraps, they leave my good stuff alone if they have something. I've noticed where I've sprinkled it by the house to step fleas etc it doesn't bother the slugs I have.

[@darkpaxgaming]

What when the Substrat gets wet? Rainy days and gone with the help right?

[@nunyabidnis5407]

I had a small garden. I would go out in the evening with a flashlight and salt shaker. A shake of salt on the slugs and they turn into an orange puddle of goo in a minute. Very satisfying.

[@miryanacurcic6460]

😂

[@agemoth]

Horrific. Imagine having to clear that mess off your kitchen floor on a regular basis. My slugs come into my kitchen at night .

[@Koffindestilatorer]

Lavender is a natural deterrent:) and garlic... no need too dehydrate the snails and cause them pain.

[@billyandrew]

Neither garlic nor lavender work, as slugs and snails will happily chomp through both as young and tender seedlings, before they mature and become indigestible. And I shouldn't worry too much about healthy slugs dehydrating, as DE only seems effective against weakened, dehydrated slugs anyway or at least that is my own experience. Incidently, other than drying out, DE causes them no pain. Don't believe the hype. Try to remember this vid is basically a glorified advert.

[@Koffindestilatorer]

@@billyandrew Well, it workes wonders in my garden:) and the smell is fantastic too:)

[@estherc.536]

I use garlic also, but I grow it in a separate pot first, then transplant it into my garden, works great.

[@agemoth]

@@Koffindestilatorer would dried lavender work too ? I have loads of it !

[@Koffindestilatorer]

It's very tough for the snails to eat through and the essential oils helps too, I guess? I used it, it kinda worked... I have three types of slugs, it's hard to keep track of them all :) I also used to draw charcoal lines everywhere, some of them took another route, some didn't even flinch...They love a tiny plant with new leaves, if that helps in anyway ;) @@agemoth

[@tayssir3031]

What happens if it rains and it gets wet? Is it still effective?

[@soylentgreennewdealtimeshare]

Would it be effective if home farmers use beds in raised boxes that have legs that are immersed in deep containers of water? This would possibly also stop ants, which seem to enjoy finishing off or starting what the snails and slugs don't eat.

[@sarahsallotmentjourney]

I have some silica sand do you think that would work ?

[@cchivers2665]

Although this is an advert, I have discovered exactly the same results and thought I must have super slugs.

[@sblijheid]

Thanks man. I have snails climbing trees!

[@williammichael2156]

And parachuting onto your plants ?

[@billyandrew]

@@williammichael2156 Damn, beat me to it and took the words out of my mouth, but I would have added _using leaves as parachutes._ 😂

[@williammichael2156]

@@billyandrew Sorry, great idea 👌

[@likethemorning]

Nah those are cicadas 😅

[@andielliott7721]

Diatomaceous earth is great! We use it in the garden as well as a wormer for our animals AND ourselves.

[@nathalieC250]

Diatomaceous earth is amazing. We buy it in food grade and put it on our cats when they get fleas, or on our hydroponics if we get a bout of thrips. It’s one of the best methods to get rid of bugs by cutting into their outer shell and drying them out to become fertilizer.

[@foxyrosie22]

not sure i used this for bed bugs once it made me feel ill for days. i can't imagine its good for a veg plot but maybe for flower beds.

[@davinasquirrel7672]

could cause respiratory issues for cats (it can for chickens). Use with caution

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

How well does your product work when thoroughly soaked with water, such as it would be after a downpour of rain?

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thank you for watching. It won't be washed away in light rain but heavy rain may slowly wash it in to the ground. At which point the iron silicates will wash into the soil and feed your plants, but re-application will be necessary to protect your plants from slugs and snails. You can find more information here: www.envii.co.uk/shop/feed-fortify/

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

@@enviiuk I was asking if it works when wet. I.e. can slugs and snails travel over it when it is wet?

[@enviiuk]

@@AndrewHelgeCox The product will still act as a barrier to deter slugs and snails when wet, so long as it has not been completely washed away.

[@AndrewHelgeCox]

@@enviiuk Thanks! Wish you'd show that in a video since wet conditions are when they are out and about anyway.

[@enviiuk]

@@AndrewHelgeCox Thanks Andrew, that's a great idea - stay tuned as we may demonstrate this in a future video!

[@emanalmandalawy1889]

Welcome! But the snail digs the soil and eats from below close to the roots. Do you have another solution please?

[@enviiuk]

You may want to take a look at Feed & Protect. It's an alternative application which changes the taste of leaves (but only to molluscs). www.envii.co.uk/shop/feed-protect/ Thank you for watching!

[@billyandrew]

Copper scourers buried beneath _and_ upon the soil surface.

[@oldcountryboy]

Another way We put beer In little containers And put them down in the plant We come out in the morning and they're full of Slugs All Dead and floating in the beer And we have a nursery So lots and lots of plants lots and lots of slugs That's what we found that works

[@billyandrew]

If they're floating there's too much beer in the containers. 😂

[@theplantslover51]

Can we eat the floating snails?

[@oldcountryboy]

@@theplantslover51 You can if you want

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

What about epsom salt, good for plants and bad for slugs.

[@AfricancoolChic]

How often do you have to apply it?

[@jonathanastin7215]

How could this product affect birds or other animals if they were to eat them?

[@heathsavage4852]

Beer traps work best in my garden. Then I feed them to the chickens.

[@silentwatch7643]

Yep. But there are so many of them, that I've had to buy a lot of beer. They were all drunk and were drowned in the beer/ jam jar. I've also tried cola. Result!!! Got so many. My garden is a slug fest. After killing so many I felt a little sad that they were dead. I killed them. Not happy about that. 😬 Don't like to kill even if they were just garden pests. I'd be happy if there was a repellent.

[@GeminEyeTarot]

I've never heard of that, can you please explain a bit how to do that? I'll put a container of some kind with beer here-n-there around the garden?

[@heathsavage4852]

@@GeminEyeTarot Just bury some empty jars up to the neck around the base of plants that are being eaten. Half-fill with beer (I get the dregs from drip-trays at the local cafe , saved in plastic bottles - no need to waste fresh beer!) and when the slugs and snails fall in, I feed them to my chickens.

[@GeminEyeTarot]

@@heathsavage4852 thank you very much! I'll try it! 👍

[@billyandrew]

@@GeminEyeTarot Replace the beer every three or four days. It's the yeast in the beer that attracts them. Alternatively, you could use water, yeast and sugar in the jars. I prefer plastic or waxed paper cups with slits cut, either side, level with the soil, one as the base, a second inside that, with perforations in the bottom, so it's like a frying basket principle, allowing the beer through, but straining the slugs, so you can dispose of them.

[@marschlosser4540]

A landscaper told my sister he only uses cardboard to control snails and slugs. Use it as a mulch and whole earthworms love it, it cuts mollusks to pieces.

[@TheRoughton]

How does it cut molluscs to pieces, do you chop it up? 2:01

[@jamalhossain3806]

There's old traditional method which people have been using for centuries in developing countries and that is wood ashes. Pour or sprinkle wood ashes around the soil and leaves which prevents slug and snails.

[@ericac1626]

Does it work once it gets wet or does it become useless like DE?

[@lylymongeon]

I was proposed in a garden group what is supposed to be a fail proof remedy, but I don’t have the heart to test it out. They said buy a cheap blender, go out at night, collect a load of slugs, blend them with water and then spray plants with it…. Obviously the blender is then dedicated to gardening endeavours. Don’t see myself doing that though.

[@gyongyipedersen9264]

Slugs are canibals!!! Thy comrade crops is the best bite a delicatess for them!!!

[@noobasaurus11]

If you don't want to use those slug pellets, the next best thing is to create spots where the slugs and snails would prefer to feed on rather than your plants, something like compost pile close to your plants etc.

[@davidecascapera987]

What if it rains tho?

[@seaweedeater3104]

Doesn’t diatomaceous earth also dry out the worms? This would be very bad for the garden.

[@steveelkins52]

That made me laugh! So half a ton around each plant should be a deterrent

[@kayangel5143]

Where can I get some please

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thank you for watching, you can purchase Feed and Fortify here: www.envii.co.uk/shop/feed-fortify/ Feel free to reach out to our team on the live chat if you have any questions!

[@billyandrew]

Any garden suppliers.

[@jesusisking5952]

Has anyone tried thorny brambles?

[@joyglocker8318]

Do you have to apply the product after every rain? Cause it will was away or clump together? How do I water the plants?

[@kensmaman]

Yes DE has to be reapplied if rain washes it away. It works on contact. The great thing tho is if you you find a bunch of slugs/snails in a small location you can liberally sprinkle the colony with DE and they will all dry out and die. This is the only thing that has helped me control their population in my garden and it’s safe for plants and kids too.

[@billyandrew]

@@kensmaman Must be something magical about your DE. I've poured it directly onto slugs, literally coating them in it and they merely produce more mucus, which washes it off in a short time. Different batches, incidently, in case the fault lay with one and over a couple of growing seasons. Same result. Not only that. Unless your soil is arid (not recommended for the vast majority of plants) the DE leeches moisture from beneath the surface, rendering it ineffective in next to no time. When I say ineffective, I mean it isn't fit to kill off any healthy slugs at the best of times and only affects weak, already partially dehydrated one's. To me it's only real value is in the silicate it contains, as a soil conditioner to aid in irrigation and that can be bought more cost effectively.

[@markg6860]

My late dad used to take a torch (US: flashlight!) and a salt pot/shaker outside at night ... and go hunting. Just a small sprinkling and they shrivel up and die before your very eyes! Diatomaceous earth is also useful for ants and cockroaches, as it lacerates their exoskeleton to pieces.

[@YamiKisara]

That's an extremely painful way for them to go though, not something a today's decent person should do.

[@cafisdiamond1574]

It's a great way. Those pests are disgusting and annoying.

[@cafisdiamond1574]

​@@YamiKisaraoh please. Them things are disgusting and harmful to my food I'm not gardening for decency.

[@CRrrr-gq1so]

I cleaned them out of my yard by hand. I threw the front yard intruders into the street. A few slugs survived for a time. I was fortunate to have a plant that the snails cherished and every morning when I got the paper, I would cull the snails from the bush. Finally, all gone.

[@jazradcliffe2286]

A moat of salt around your plants works as well. As soon as the slug touches the salt it kills it. I bury zip bags containing salt and close them when it rains.

[@billyandrew]

Why close them when it rains? The soil contains moisture, as does the air. The plants,themselves, produce moisture, through transpiration. You must have to replace your bags every few hours with fresh, dry salt. Smh and lmao.

[@gbarbecue2399]

What happens to the DE when it rains?

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thank you for watching. It won't be washed away in light rain but heavy rain may slowly wash it in to the ground. At which point the iron silicates will wash into the soil and feed your plants, but re-application will be necessary to protect your plants from slugs and snails.

[@billyandrew]

It becomes useless, either washing away or setting hard.

[@kennyc3670]

I chuck mine over the garden fence.

[@billyandrew]

They make their way back, if they survive other insects, birds, hedgehogs, soles of shoes, the sun or traffic, no kidding. A study, conducted about two decades back, collected loads of slugs and snails from a garden in a bucket. They were identified, (nail varnish on the snail shells and scarring on the slugs) then driven a couple of miles down the road and dumped on a very large roundabout. Two years later over 78% of them had made their way back to the garden they were taken from. We know birds, pigeons in particular, follow magnetic lines. Maybe the slimeys follow ley lines? 😂

[@YamiKisara]

The only actually natural way to fight slugs is to sprinkle nematodes around your garden beds (you can buy them or make your own once you find an infested slug), leave spaces for hedgehogs, frogs, or snakes around your garden, collect them regularly/let ducks into the garden to pick it clean, or place a fence with a steep reverse top side around your beds (slugs cannot deal with sharp angles, so they won't be able to crawl in). The least damaging unnatural way is to sprinkle Fe3(PO4)2 around your bed (kills the slugs, but is harmless to other animals and humans), use copper tape circuit with a 9 V battery, or use a beer trap. All the mulches (your product included) are only temporal and often expensive. As for chemicals, sprinkling the slugs with salt, or cutting them up with scissors, I don't think anybody nowadays should stoop down to those options.

[@billyandrew]

You neglected to mention there are many types of nematodes, some virulently harmful to many plants, some to animals, some to fish, some to beneficial microorganisms in the soil, indeed, some actually harmful to humans, as well. It's a subject requiring careful research, as balance has to be struck, but each individual's need will determine the balance they require.

[@Azureecosse]

Slugs and snails are scent driven, they do not like crushed Garlic rosemary or Curry powder the smells are too pungent, I have been crushing garlic , rosemary and leaving in a bottle of boiling water to stew overnight , I then decant into a garden sprayer and spray all my plants it keeps most of them away, caterpillars are my enemy still experimenting on that problem.

[@marksieber4626]

A small container bowl buried in the ground filled with beer attracts slugs and they drown.

[@araven3888]

Does it still work if it gets wet ?

[@billyandrew]

No. Unless your soil is bone dry, which is not good for the plants.

[@tessmoore3762]

I found a kind of pellet that I spread around under my strawberry plants. The slugs ate it and never bothered the plants again.

[@Lotsielots]

Are the pellets safe for hedgehogs though either directly or indirectly through eating dead slugs, or for birds? You don't want them poisoned.

[@urbanspaceman7183]

I notice you gave them some undefended targets as well as your control.

[@brobinson8614]

Do the slugs suffer a slow painful death with it stuck on them or are they ok? I read recently that insects including slugs and snails have brains that feel pain.

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thanks for watching. In answer to your question, no they won't suffer in this way, they would have to get a large amount of Feed & Fortify on them for it to have such a damaging effect. As shown in the video, they don't tend to hang around for long enough for this to happen!

[@rustic35]

🤣

[@bambinaforever1402]

Oooo, too bad for them. Then they should have some not to come into people’s gardens

[@billyandrew]

*Bambina Forever* They have no choice, being created as they were, needing to eat, preferring young plants. I'm sure if they were capable of understanding they would die, as a consequence, their diet would have evolved in a similar manner to disclude these plants. 🤔😂😂

[@rosethorne9076]

@@billyandrew good response! 👏

[@strangethings4928]

Beach sand or sand mixing salt are inconvenient too no chemecals aditives i thankyou..

[@meemeemeemeemee]

What about sand?

[@geraldhills41]

Is this product work in the rain ?

[@billyandrew]

No. Don't waste your money and time.

[@sandygilliland7600]

DE also kills earthworms that are ESSENTIAL to every garden!

[@annlyder8657]

Sand sprinkled on the surface of the soil seems to work x. The snails dont like it.

[@pipfox7834]

But you didn't explain how to let some snails alone in your garden, because birds, frogs, and other wildlife need them as a food source. Holistic gardening is the way to go. Not wholesale slaughter. Snails wandering off with bits of diatomaceous earth stuck to them is a problem for a bird that later eats the snail! When will manufacturers ever learn (sigh)

[@roberthunter3387]

Why don’t YOU explain. There are slugs in the woods, and brush surrounding my garden, the wildlife is welcome to them. If you have mice in your house do you holistically allow some of them to stay, and provide a food source for owls, and snakes? Maybe you should, then let us know how that works out. Thanks in advance.

[@joeking6749]

diatomaceous earth isnt toxic to other creatures. Its just a source of calcium and is a fossil of creatures similar to plankton that dries out the mucus membranes of slugs & snails. We use it in chicken coops to kill spider mites and is harmless to the hens, in fact it helps with shell production. Entirely safe.

[@BluetheRaccoon]

@@roberthunter3387 I don't understand your need to respond in a hostile manner? We're all in this together, trying to live life and have a garden. Did the word holistic trigger you?

[@eileenfb1948]

I read that diatomaceous earth does not harm anything but insects and beetles because they have an external skeleton which is easily damaged by the sharp edges on the DE.

[@billyandrew]

@@roberthunter3387 OCD much? 😂😂😂

[@markjohnson188]

I use sharp grit.

[@billyandrew]

Pointless. Slugs and snails produce mucus thick enough to allow them to glide *along* razorblades edges! If these can't harm or deter them, as studies have shown, then grit, silicate or eggshells are like farting into the wind. Been gardening for fifty-four years, this year. Tried it all and now only use beer traps and copper scourers.

[@nga672]

Diatomaceous earth kills the worms too - rather do without it thanks. Good for chook dust bath though.

[@sylviaking6796]

It only works if it doesn't rain...I've tried it...

[@billyandrew]

Or if you don't water your plants or if your plants don't employ transpiration, as it leeches moisture from the soil.

[@carlyonbay45]

slug pellets is the only treatment that works for me - i do cover fruit and veg with nets - to STOP the birds eating those affected slugs though .

[@billyandrew]

An entire food chain is affected by slug pellets, because other creatures eat slugs, such as other insects, eg ground beetles which are eaten by voles, and mice, they becoming prey to hedgehogs, foxes, or some species of birds and so on up the food chain. Better with insect netting, allowing the elements in and keeping nocturnal pests out.

[@carlyonbay45]

@@billyandrew I use nets . But slug pellets are the only thing that work in my garden ,

[@hbsong9964]

this doesn't work when wet.... and it rains alot in the UK

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thank you for watching. It won't be washed away in light rain but heavy rain may slowly wash it in to the ground. At which point the iron silicates will wash into the soil and feed your plants, but re-application will be necessary to protect your plants from slugs and snails.

[@billyandrew]

It would be good for plastering walls. In fact, it isn't that much different from plaster. It has silicate, like bonding and sets rock solid, like finishing plaster. 🤔 Maybe coat the outside of a shed to waterproof it. 🤭

[@fionahobbs8818]

Yes, l stopped millipedes in my garden with this stuff.

[@In_fluss]

Why stop the millipedes they eat the lice. About 150 on average per day.

[@billyandrew]

You must have used an enormous amount and not watered your garden much, as they usually live on decaying matter, such as dead leaves, etc, and only attack living plants as a last resort, usually for moisture, when their habitat has dried out, because they prefer damp conditions.

[@fionahobbs8818]

I didn't use much, just sprinkled it around. It was a newly planted bed in autumn, dug over with new seedlings.

[@dereksmith4517]

Garlic boil and allow to cool sieve and into a spayer, lot of feeders for the birds. And rent a Hedghog

[@billyandrew]

Garlic as a slug repellent is a myth, up there with vampires. Slugs and snails enjoy young garlic plants, same as they enjoy any young plant. Only thing garlic works on is aphids and carrotflies.

[@Hiux4bcs]

I sprinkle salt

[@maggiehumble7822]

Doesn't work when it's wet..use very corse sand paper and chock. Cut a circle like a doughnut and the hole as well,chock 3 lines about a inch apart like your making a target place around your plant slugs and snails won't cross,,

[@Izzat1826]

I have stopped planting stuff that slugs like to eat

[@charlesduke3456]

D.E. is great until it gets wet then it's worthless.

[@NudePostingConspiracyTheories]

Issue- the minute diatomaceous earth gets wet its useless. And the garden is outside

[@cyncin1163]

Do they die?

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thank you for watching. Feed & Fortify doesn't kill slugs, just deters them. They dislike the sharp texture of the diatomaceous earth and turn away. Hope this helps.

[@antoniacorgoja2541]

They will die of hunger 🤣

[@billyandrew]

*Cyn Cin* No, very rarely.

[@ThaStonedGardner]

1. There is not 20k slugs in every garden. I know because they're ALL in my garden!!! Billions of them! I wake up, go outside on a cool morning to fetch the paper, and there they are piled into a six foot tall massive slug figure holding a sign that says, "Haha!" Then they scatter and go eat my plants. 2. DE is awesome except the fact that you have to reapply it after it rains or you water.

[@OnlyDaria7250]

Omg I was using like a salt barrier. I'm sure folks thought I was a witch or something

[@billyandrew]

Only those that are superstitious and stupid.

[@yutsukio]

that's funny, but keep in mind that salt damages plants and affects the soil balance

[@chrissowerby69]

Is this the same as sand?

[@billyandrew]

No. This washes away or sets rock hard in the rain.

[@rahkielsingh6028]

epsom salts aswell

[@billyandrew]

Epsom salts, like DE, is utterly pointless, as any decent gardener will tell you. Scientific studies on both, over the last thirty years, have proven _all_ claims made about them are false and absolutely nothing, _not one single thing,_ is true! Don't take my word for it, as a gardener for the last fifty-four years, do your own research and discover what I'm saying is absolutely 100% true. Clever and expensive PR keeps the myths about both alive. They rely on folk not wanting to break with tradition...ignorant tradition, at that. Think of it like the Emporer's New Clothes. 😂 This vid is the perfect example. It's a business advert, plain and simple, put together by a company that sells DE. You hadn't figured that out, it seems. Smh and lmao.

[@luisrafaeldeterry1951]

Try ber , it works and its cheaper

[@sophietyrrell3131]

Salt.

[@billyandrew]

Wasting your time with copper tape. Copper scourers are the answer. They're like socks. Unravel one and, using a set of shears or tough scissors cut it into 'doughnut' rings to place around the plant's stems, snipping off any leaves that overhang onto the ground. A flat barrier, such as tape, provides a steady, static shock to their foot, which they can easily bear, whereas the doughnut applies a great many shocks at different times to different places on the slug, not just it's foot. I also place the odd beer trap, as well and I have no problems.

[@mommajscountrygardening]

I use sluggo but I will purchase diatomaceous earth.

[@billyandrew]

Use beer traps. This stuff is as useful as a chocolate teapot.

[@philipareed]

Slug pellets all the way!

[@kayangel5143]

Can you put it around willow trees

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thanks for watching. Absolutely you can :)

[@emmalouie1663]

This looks like a misleading advertisement. We need to know if ithe diatomaceous earth works when it's drizzly outside and everything is dewy.

[@enviiuk]

Thank you for watching. Feed & Fortify won't be washed away in light rain but heavy rain may wash it into the ground... It will still work if it's dewy outside. We will look into making some more video demonstrations of this, this year!

[@kato1400]

I salt them.

[@carolgrace6573]

But if it rains it doesn’t work ?

[@enviiuk]

Hi, thank you for watching. It won't be washed away in light rain but heavy rain may slowly wash it in to the ground. At which point the iron silicates will wash into the soil and feed your plants, but re-application will be necessary to protect your plants from slugs and snails. You can find more information here: www.envii.co.uk/shop/feed-fortify/

[@billyandrew]

Light rain, probably meaning for a minute or two. Anything else and it washes away or sets like concrete.

[@luckydubeinrc5165]

nah , rain washes that stuff away, just keep your garden neat, throw small amout of salt around beds, no more snails !\

[@andreimanole346]

Id just put salt

[@J.G.7..]

Sea salt works and also kills them

[@exb.r.buckeyeman845]

The best way is a sharp knife or scissors after dark with a torch, and give them hell.

[@pipfox7834]

there's a far better way. Putyour compost heap near your garden bed, snails and slugs will go there in preference. More food for them, nice dark and safe hideout as well. Also, a pond with frogs to hoover up any stray snails that come out from the compost area at night. Problem solved. No poison, no scissors no coming out at night with torch.

[@billyandrew]

@@pipfox7834 Sadly, I disagree. The gastropods much prefer young, tender, fresh plants to decomposing matter. Once a plant is established and maturing, they lose interest. The only substance they prefer more is yeast, hence the suitability of beer or yeast traps.

[@leefi1]

Diatomaceous earth is too indiscriminately harmful to beneficial insects to use in my garden. Fortunately, that doesn't include earthworms, their slime coat keeps them safe, but isopods, millipedes and their other garden clean up crew companions are too valuable to allow harm to come to them. Beer works great! On hard surfaces salt dries the slugs out very effectively. I have spent many nights with a flashlight and a box of Morton's salt killing slugs on my brick paths and pool decking. Eat my plants at your peril!

[@paulkazjack]

Do you pou the salt directly on them?

[@daviddery2688]

Soap and water will kill them with no problem . 1 inch in spray bottle

[@shed.projects5150]

The problem with this is, if I use this stuff, it works out much cheaper to buy my veg from the market, defeating the object of growing my own, to save cash. Between that and not really resistant to watering, it's a fail from me. sorry.

[@billyandrew]

Bear in mind, this is actually a slick advert, selling DE. Puts a whole new perspective on it, doesn't it?

[@ZE308AC]

Nematode are the answer

[@enviiuk]

Nematodes are certainly a great, organic option! In our experience, some do not tolerate heat, cold, dryness or light very well. And it can take a few weeks before the effects are seen. So controlling an acute infestation can be tricky. But if they work for you, that's great!

[@billyandrew]

*Z E* Depends what type, as some are lethal for plants, while others are just as deadly to humans or animals.

[@pitbull2005]

Plant Hydrangeas. ...Euphorbias. ...Lavender. ...Rosemary. ...Geraniums and Japanese Anemone. Snails and slugs hate them! Plenty of other plants they hate...do a Google!

[@ritaray930]

Diatamamis earth works greatnot sure how to spell it lol

[@billyandrew]

Diatomaceous. Really? Because all studies conducted say otherwise. Don't take my word for it. Undertake your own research and you'll understand.

[@ritaray930]

@@billyandrew I've used it hundreds of times only thing that worked for slugs for me anyways ...

[@jeanipin3430]

Do you want to know what really does work? Well I will tell you all. Cat litter, it is highly absorbent, not too expensive, bio degradeable and really really does work. End of

[@billyandrew]

As a result of it's absorbance it draws necessary moisture from the soil, depriving your plants, which require further watering, that soaks the litter more and it, in turn, becomes the perfect haven for slugs and snails, which defeats the entire purpose. End of...

[@jeanipin3430]

@@billyandrew Not at all

[@pamkriner5945]

My concern is other animals that may inhale d.e. I think it could cause problems.