Worlds Greatest Organic Slug Control Solution - Effective Also For Aphids and Cabbage Worms And More

[@Papa_Reecio]

Thank you for sharing this! I made some straight away and used it on all the bad slugs eating my crops. They literally dissolved! Feel a bit mean but it's them or my food. Love your awesome videos. Cheers 😀

[@ThatOpalGuy]

dont worry, there are still plenty of slugs around.

[@towithNic]

Well did I make it wrong? Should I add double the sodium hydroxide? I just made it and I saw a slug so I sprayed it and it is not dissolving. It seems bothered but still alive a few minutes later and not dissolved

[@Papa_Reecio]

@@towithNic for me they can take a little while to dissolve. when they crawl away they leave a white goo behind...different from the regular slug slim

[@randallhesse5011]

It looks like the damage caused by the larva of those damned white butterfly's to me. They keep me from being able to ever have any kale crop.

[@greenbank4800]

Thanks for your feedback. Here in Australia we are going out of Spring into Sunmmer and the little grey pests are just starting to get bust eating my seedlings.

[@joepeduzzi8834]

Hello Nate an old farmer told me years ago that large amounts of slugs usually mean that there aren't enough ground beetles around that feed on them. So I went online to a site that sells insects and spoke to them about it. I can't remember their name but there's many like them. They sold me a box of beetles that are native to my area Long Island New York and I set them loose in my garden. The first year there was no difference the second year there was less and by the third year there was very minimal slug damage.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

this is wonderful advice my friend thank you for sharing!!

[@nancypeyton3910]

I live in Western Washington slugs and snails are a huge problem. I will have to look into something like this. Thank you for sharing this.

[@freewaybaby]

IDK, but it seems like that sodium hydroxide would work, even without garlic. BUT, I certainly don’t know and definitely need something for mainly snails, not really many slugs. I’m in central Texas and I never see earth worms…I mean, I’ve gone years without seeing one and then, only one. But snails? Always an army of those little demons, everywhere I look!

[@joepeduzzi8834]

@@freewaybaby There are actually predatory snails that are strictly carnivores and won't eat your plants at all. They only eat snails and slugs but they're native to western states and it's illegal to ship them or bring them anywhere else because they endanger native species. I tried having some sent to New York and the site that sells them would not do it.

[@freewaybaby]

@@joepeduzzi8834 Ok, I’m clueless, I guess, but why would you want predatory snails? The ones here in Texas will eat ALL your garden if you’re not watching.

[@obsoleteprofessor2034]

In the 50's there was a garlic processing plant near us. In those days they would dump their waste at an open pit. Grandma would pick up buckets of scrap and take it home. She would add water and use a plunger to mush everything around and use the liquid for insecticide.

[@stilllearning1160]

Smart Grandma.

[@lindajam8202]

​​@@stilllearning1160oh yeah...my slugs love to devour my garlic plants..and onions...and even potatoes...sorry that was supposed to reply to the original poster.

[@DebRoo11]

​@@lindajam8202are you sure it was slugs? I have rollie pollies eating my onions and earwigs

[@momcomputer6461]

Any time I am cooking w/garlic, I always cut/chop/whatever, then let it sit for 5 min. before adding it to any food. Yes, that time sitting cut in the air is what produces the allicin. Just in case anyone was wondering, if you're taking garlic supplements for high blood pressure or infections, DO NOT take the "deodorized" garlic caps. They have the allicin removed and will not do you any good.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

I can always count on you for useful commentary my friend thank you!!

[@momcomputer6461]

@@gardenlikeaviking 🤗😜🥰 It's so easy when your topics and knowledge align with mine! I want people to know, too!

[@allthingsn1ce]

Thanks for this info...

[@momcomputer6461]

@@allthingsn1ce You are so very welcome!

[@momcomputer6461]

@@gardenlikeaviking ♥ ThanQ for allowing me a voice! ♥

[@fibienn250]

My mother was an amazing gardener. She use to swear by regular application of fresh sawdust to keep the slugs away. Apparently slugs and snails can’t travel over the stuff because it’s very dry and absorbs their slime. Fine sawdust will also attach to their soles, further gumming up their works.

[@ProYada]

Too wet and windy where i live for fine sawdust

[@alexandrasmith4393]

I’m trying salty pistachio husks. When the salts killed off on lot the husks will hinder others.

[@alexandrasmith4393]

@@ProYadaEggshells crushed up?

[@amyhoang9140]

How about sand, the large grains?

[@hildakane9600]

I am going to try the sawdust, thank you for sharing this information. Regards from Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤

[@okeafia5630]

Just 5 mins ago I told my daughter I have to look up something about slug pressure. Next thing I know I press the home screen and this video is being recommended. I’ve never looked up videos about slugs specifically. Google be listening. 😁

[@keshiah-stayblessed]

Absolutely! Exactly how I got here! Now if Google and his girl Alexa can hook up with their buds over at Amazon and automatically order everything I need, I will gladly pay the bill. Ok…re-reading this tickled me…lol. Hope someone else gets a giggle from my broken humor. 🤭🤭🤭

[@okeafia5630]

@@keshiah-stayblessed 🤣🤣

[@SkysMomma]

I have noticed that numerous times, too! It is freaky.

[@tdhawk167]

I only thought it.... Very matrix-y

[@kristinacoulthread6600]

They listen to everyone all the time. Big brother and not in a nice way. Good video by the way

[@TinaMarie-qb5rq]

i’m a lazy gardener and the absolute best, sure fire, lazy slug killer is my number one method, stale beer; they go nuts over it, i save deep yogurt containers, open beer and leave in fridge for a few days pour beer in yogurt container, leave in garden at night, come morning i’ve got dozens of drowned slugs. worked for me, in oregon coast garden, all the time.

[@pegjames188]

Yes it works well but snails, no ,I believe they are teetotal .

[@SC-gw2kf]

Me too. Safe to use and so easy but gross after awhile.

[@JesseOrtega-l8u]

Note to self- Follow this man’s instructions. I am one of those that over does things, a little is good, more is better. Never again. As I wrecked some small pepper plants by using garlic paste around the root base.

[@svitlanapshenychna2156]

I feel certain animosity towards slugs:)

[@Jules-740]

And disgust!

[@booswalia]

I find using Chinese cabbage makes a great trap crop for slugs, flea beetles, and such. I put them in pots and move them around the garden to strategic locations. 😁

[@destinycoach5]

What do you mean? You buy Chinese cabbage from store and put it out into garden as a bait trap?

[@booswalia]

@@destinycoach5 No, I just grow it in places where I want to trap flea beetles.

[@destinycoach5]

@@booswalia that makes more sense. Yes but that cabbage is gonna take time to grow.... i need something for the plants to START!! So growing cabbage doesn't seem like a solution. Not for may and June anyway. Tks

[@booswalia]

​@@destinycoach5 Yes, you have to start it ahead of everything else. Luckily it's very frost hardy and grows very quickly.

[@busyrand]

Smart...

[@truesight91]

Great stuff! In Buddhism we are taught Garlic is toxic for healthy people but medicine for sick people. Copper wire around seedling stems works really well to keep ground slugs/snails off. They never cross it. You can also layer some oyster shell flour, neem and mustard seed powder around plant but not too close to the stem as it can burn seedlings.

[@markm8188]

Buddhism is clearly wrong on that. A million healthy Italians can testify to the benefits of garlic.

[@truesight91]

@@markm8188 Italians are not yogis, are not buddhist, are not "masters of the body and mind". Even great doctors like Dr Sebi and Professor Arnold Ehret labelled Garlic as poison and lethal to the gut flora and the mind. Those Italians have yet to reach true health and vitality of a Yogi or Buddhist and are just food/drug addicts controlled by material substance thus weak in mind and perceptions. Garlic is a stimulant and has drug-effects on the body but most people today rely on coffee, garlic, sugar, salt which all act as 'drugs' but we have become so used to them we do not notice the long-term negatives. Buddhist spend weeks and months fasting and meditating in caves which allows them to deeply observe things far deeper and more intricate than the over-stimulated and addicted to food Italian man who's mind is running 100 miles an hour and has no chance to observe such things and thinks its just called normal.

[@keffinsg]

Or a million sick Italians are healthy because of garlic

[@emordnilap6567]

He did say it was medicine for sick people..

[@markm8188]

@@emordnilap6567 Right. But if healthy people took more garlic, there would be fewer that are sick.

[@dctarrant5]

I didn’t think I had a slug issue until now. I have that type of damage but never see any critters. Evidently, I’m not looking close enough. Thanks Nate!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yep its so stealthy only happening in the darkness of night!!

[@somejerk707]

Could be earwigs at night too

[@bethwatkins4211]

Wow! You look so much better without a beard and a haircut! And younger too!👍☺️

[@kmcam2524]

Nate get out of my backyard!😝 how else could you know I just happened across my slug problem this very morning and told myself I needed to look up a solution!? You my friend are in tune with the universe and I’m ever so grateful😊..keep it up brother

[@caveman1334]

Smart phone is reading your mind. Mine too😊

[@InHisImage1161]

Cut beer cans open, drink half and leave half for the slugs. Do this as often as your liver will allow. Best slug bait ever.

[@lindajam8202]

The slugs here don't like beer. Wasted a bunch testing that out..

[@BobRooney290]

@@lindajam8202 dont use bud light. lol

[@MorpheusArtStudio4Blues]

Hey I like this idea better than the others 😂😂😂😂👍

[@MissMolly3377]

@@BobRooney290true, then the slugs might identify as rabbits, and they will move much quicker at decimating your plants. 😂

[@Sandy-jk1lh]

Works for me.

[@B30pt87]

This is great! My house is in the Redwoods and it's banana slug central anywhere with shade (which is basically most of the property). I've tried beer bowls but emptying bowls full of beer and dead slugs is truly repulsive- and there are always more slugs, especially the babies, which don't make it to the bowls. Thank you, thank you, Thank You for this tip!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

oh yes I remember the jurassic banana slugs!!!... you may want to mix it stronger for them because they are so massive!!... do you notice them eating your produce?

[@B30pt87]

@@gardenlikeaviking No, I wish I did! I only notice the produce having been already eaten.

[@alliboogaloo]

Wool around plants and over your rows does a pretty good job of repelling slugs, it also holds in moisture and breaks down providing fertilizer. I am a shepherd and end up with bags of trash wool every year.

[@destinycoach5]

So if we are not Shepherds do we use knitting wool? How would you cover the plants?

[@betula-pendula]

@@destinycoach5 look for a shepherd in the near of you and ask him for some wool. Every early summer they shape their sheep.

[@destinycoach5]

@@betula-pendula I do know one. I've asked him for things b4 and he always seems to use everything. But I'll ask. So do you just put a handful of of wool down were a plant should come up? I've already lost 3 rows of peas and a row of beets lettuce and spinach. I don't know where the plants will come out. Tks for the advice.

[@betula-pendula]

@@destinycoach5 till now I used the raw wool only around planted plants, not around seeds. So I can't tell you if it works with seeds. I use it just to keep the earth from drying (it really works even in the last dry and hot summers) and give some nutritions for the ground over time.

[@betula-pendula]

@@destinycoach5 I use a litte more than a hand full. I use so much that there's a ring about nearly 10 centimeters around the plant and thick about 3 or 4 centimeters.

[@aniki3693]

Waiting for this one for weeks, thanks so much, Nate. You're a great teacher, loving your channel. My garden looks great with your JMS ans JLF. All the best from Mallorca, Spain, Zone 9a

[@edwatts9612]

I use beer traps, which were covered in another video here, as well as iron phosphate pellets, which are actually beneficial to plants. Put the pellets under stepping-stones or walk boards in the garden (where slugs love to hang out) and they will last a very long time.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes my friend but when I witnessed the giant earth worms eating the iron pellets I just couldn't do it anymore!!!...the earthworms are also killed by them and I mean the huge ones that come out at night on the surface to eat and mate

[@michyoung644]

Perfect timing and super useful information! Just noticed some holes in cuke leaves. Will scope out the culprits tonight then deploy the secret sauce! Many thanks to the Garden Viking🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@gardenlikeaviking]

you are welcome my friend!... also I hope you heard my responses to your questions last Saturday!!

[@aryanahartwell3801]

2024 is the year of the slug here in my Michigan garden. I'm grateful to have this recipe before the end May. So many of my perennial flower leaves have been snack food for these little slimy slugs and so good to know they decimate the other snacking invaders,. Thank you for your service!

[@KnifeCursed]

Trying to grow Chinese long beans and little tiny bugs are eating the leaves of the seedlings. We also have slugs as well, I’ve seen some big ones in the past. I’ll try this solution. Thanks!

[@hmmm..2733]

Thank you for sharing your secret solution, Viking! I’m making this today. I did sluggo last year and it killed my pill bugs who were helping break down compost. I don’t have the JADAM wetting agent yet. Was gonna use the Dr’s soap. But will check the wetting solution video out now. I love your channel!!

[@myathehappy_1]

Thanks so much! I followed your directions and just sprayed my potato patch which was being skeletonized and as I walked around for another spritz the slugs that were on there literally were melting off so thanks!

[@richh1576]

In the northeast / mid-Altantic US, my method of slug control is to build loose stack rock piles / walls where Garter, Milk snakes, and Eastern Brown snakes can den. They LOVE to eat slugs. If you have an established den, you'll probably never see a slug.

[@ronmartin7253]

good tip, rich. in costa rica, i spend time at a farm where the ducks lived in the garden. unlike chickens, they dont scratch up your roots, but they ate lots of bugs and fertilized as they went. ...and left eggs often!

[@lb6110]

@@williamsharp2532 😨😱

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

I wish we had snakes like that in the U.K. But we don’t really have snakes at all

[@JD-2-k3g]

@@user-ed7et3pb4owhy would you want them?!

[@erikadagress8274]

I live in central New York and also build rock piles for the snakes and toads :) So far I cannot say that I have noticed an effect on slugs (it is only my second growing season here), but I love seeing all my snake friends when I garden and feel that they help with rodent control.

[@GreenThumb4]

Can’t wait to make this solution to see how it works! I trust everything you discuss because I know you have lots of expert degree proven success. 1. Do I spray only on the effected plants or all plants? 2. Should I spray the soil or would that hurt the earthworms? Thanks a million!!

[@tthappyrock368]

Slugs are ubiquitous in my area, the PNW. One year, they destroyed everything in my garden. White cabbage flies are my current bane. Will have to try your solution!

[@PunaGreen420]

Coffee grounds work great, and less hassle.

[@JD-2-k3g]

How do you use it, please?

[@MayraRodriguez-id5rm]

I so much appreciate your videos and the clarity/simplicity you share it with. Specially the dialed down size recipes. Thank you friend and stay blessed✨

[@theguidingheart]

I have watched so many videos of your and not a single one disappointed me!!!!! I have seen videos of so called "organic farmers" who suggested Sluggo Plus, which doesn't disclose 99% of the ingredients. Thank you for providing a safe alternative.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend!

[@carolTropicals]

Sluggo is only iron phosphate then Sluggo made a more expensive upgrade. Now still only iron phosphate. What a gimmick

[@pianissimo369]

Copper is brilliant! Also that tape which has a rough surface...like sand paper. For aphids and white fly I use netting ..I dont like killing stuff either 😊

[@graemedevine9651]

Thanks again Nate, slugs are like cobras here in damp Ireland its ridiculous, I'm currently putting in an electroculture grid in my postage stamp garden, from what I understand this should repel slugs and attract more bees and birds, I'm joining it up to an 8 metre antenna which should earth about 800 volts, I will keep you posted my friend interesting times.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes my friend definitely keep me posted on that and also send me some pictures as you get them... 8 meters antenna seems a bit over the top doesn't it?... lol jk thats the best way to do things!!

[@jeffmeyers3837]

@@gardenlikeaviking I believe "8 meters" refers to the length of the RF sine wave for that size antenna, since that is how ham radio folks talk about antennas. I could be wrong, in which case yes, a 24-foot antenna does seem like overkill. But I've done crazier things for my garden, lol.

[@graemedevine9651]

@@jeffmeyers3837 From the earth up every 1 metre is a 100 volts, it fluctuates but that's a good bar, so you earth from the ether 800 volts into the ground, it discharges the atmosphere around your antenna, birds sit in trees to earth as they're statically charged from being in the air so long, it's also why trees look like one of your antennas.

[@lb6110]

@graemedevine9651 - I'm in western Canada, and I haven't tried this, but I've been told of setting a shallow pan or pans in your garden area and filling them with beer, yes beer,. I don't think they're fussy on brands but slugs love it. They crawl in drink it up and that's the end of them!

[@graemedevine9651]

@@lb6110 They certainly do but it doesn't get rid of them, it definitely doesn't make the situation worse, here in Ireland they appear in their droves at night, I've used beer traps and they did catch some but they still had their fun, electroculture seems to be the answer, little bit of work to set up if you make a good job of it that's it for at least 10 years, it attracts more birds and bees etc too, worth it in my opinion that's if it works lol.

[@jojow8416]

Oh how good the Lord is, I have had no time to look at KZbin videos but decided to turn on my computer and your video was at the top. Just yesterday I said " Wow, my peas should be up by now and they aren't. What bad seeds. You just told me what is happening and Yes, I do have lots of slugs. THANK YOU & GOD BLESS!

[@woodsmoke1411]

Any plant grown in a zinc galvanised metal container or raised bed made from old fashioned wrinkly tin roofing, will be completely slug and snail-free. Slugs will not cross this barrier guaranteed. I re-purpose old galvanised metal trash cans, janitors buckets, water storage tanks, etc into 100% slug-free planters for my peas, beans and spinach.

[@gagaxueguzheng]

Not 100% but it is a lot better inside. I took a pic of a huge slug crossing my zinc galvanized slug fence yesterday. But compared to the plants outside the fence, it's a slug free paradise inside the fence.

[@joanorr7994]

Not true - ask me how I know 🤣

[@tdhawk167]

I wish this worked for me. Slugs have been horrible in mine

[@the_godfatherTV]

I have a zinc raised bed and there's a minimal slug attack on those plants compared to the other plants in bags and pots, they're having a free meal on those plants.... I have tried the garlic substance also and it reduced the slug attacks but it rains quite often in the UK, that means u have to continue reapplying the substance every evening which can be tiring.

[@shelleymal6644]

I put a nice thick ring of powdered lime in a circle around my rows of beans when planting. Works really well. Have to redo if it rains but let’s the plants germinate and get past that tender stage.

[@LarrySinclair-m6v]

I use sand it works great and doesn’t affect the PH

[@ryanlawrenceaustin4506]

why do we use the sodium hydroxide ? is it necessary to keep the allicin from degrading ? is it for the slugs itself or to keep the allicin around ? thanks btw

[@jujubee7351]

I wish someone would had replied. Great question

[@PisceanKiwi]

It dissolves in the water and creates a mild bleach. This dissolves the cells of soft body insects on contact. The soap/wetting agent suffocates them by breaking their surface tension and allowing water to entirely envelop them... thus no respiration via their ventricles... so they are definitely leaving one way or another

[@cnapo1]

I can tell you that I tried this solution and still find it effective after 2 weeks I even diluted by adding another 1/2 g of water and it still was working.

[@amyk6028]

Ugh. I hate Slugs! Never experienced their destruction until I moved to SC. They are terrible here. Thank you for this helpful video! ❤

[@bryanarie258]

Thank you for sharing. We appreciate the knowledge. Your videos have helped bring this knowledge and make it all understandable. Love the live shows as well. I have had to change the ways i do stuff and this is the path for me. Thank you!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend!!

[@sevenowls7776]

Very interesting. I find nematodes extremely effective (albeit expensive). Greetings from Scotland.

[@lightblue5559]

Make your own, I'm in Derry Ireland 🇮🇪

[@katinss9983]

I ve started using slug nematodes , its a biological control, very effective, and part of the natural life cycle of slugs and soil nematodes. I feel better doing it this way rather than just routinely killing off the slugs myself.

[@louisleblanc2972]

Thanks Nate for the recipe. To protect the peas and beans, I use an aluminum mesh screen. I cut the roll in half and make a mini tunnel over the seeds. Not easy to install but very effective for the first two weeks!!!

[@JNoMooreNumbers]

No slugs here but before it was fun with a salt shaker watching them explode. Easily amused.

[@bonnieweeks7601]

I put tomato hornworms in the freezer. The really big ones that is. The smaller ones get the smash o matic rock.

[@markdarling440]

My bro and i have made the castile soap and jadam sulphur we have been using it in our garden and have had really good luck with it. We are down in houston. We ended up picking up the jadam books really great stuff in there.

[@The144Kth]

After many years of having a plague of snails and slugs, suddenly one day I noticed that they were all missing. That was about three years ago, and they are still absent. Not even one. Praise the Lord!

[@sherryhamill2438]

This happened to me, but I happened to spot the possum who was visiting my yard at night.

[@slyjacinto2012]

What did you do? Slugs started in my garden last year and they are back this year. Soo irritating! They're eating my cabbage plants..

[@WollongongSkyWatch]

@@slyjacinto2012 try copper tape, if your cabbages are in raised beds. Also look up the wire and battery snail / slug zapper method. You don't need to use copper wire, any wire will do.

[@askelephant9257]

Cooper is good but nourish your soil, once your veg receives what it needs you won’t have any invaders in your garden

[@k.h.6991]

Some natural predator showed up.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

Here's the Video on How To Make The WETTING AGENT kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4LIiHuDmtF7jKM

[@woman_of_spirit7752]

Thanks Nate. I’m a soap maker and using your measurements for the spray will be very simple Blessings to you

[@ravenwolf7128]

That's a great recipe! but THE best slug control is actually ducks. LOL. We keep ducks in our garden space over the winter into spring. Even let them in when the veggies are big to do more bug patrol--they are really efficient bug and slug eaters.

[@gbennett58]

I would let the ducks into the garden but then the horses would get in too and eat the crop.

[@jm7974]

can you use the same potassium hydroxide as the casile soap, or does it have to be sodium hydroxide? they are often interchangeable.

[@gulliblestravels71]

Thanks. I'd sadly just decided to dig up all my hosta. Will give this a go. Delighted earth worms not affected👍

[@zuruckvor4994]

I've tried various methods. So far I've had the most success with sand. Simply sprinkle about 20 cm of sand around the plant and it'll be fine!

[@krh7150]

20cm deep?

[@zuruckvor4994]

@@krh7150 No, I only spread the sand superficially, 1-2 cm at most.

[@tanana2070]

I haven't seen the big leopard slugs where I live in Ontario Canada, but for the last 2 summers the little slugs destroyed so much of my lettuce plants. I would literally go out every night after dark and pick them off one by one. This year I put the lettuce in a plastic half barrel. My 16 yr old grand daughter suggested I try doing what I did to save all my trees from the gypsy moth caterpillars. I wrapped them all with clear boxing tape, sticky side out and they would either not cross it or get stuck on it. It worked for that scenario! So I wrapped the tape around the base of the barrel up to about half way and then under the top of the barrel. I haven't had any slugs so far eating my lettuce. We'll see if it stands the test of time. So far, so good.

[@matthijsdebruijn615]

Thank you Nate, this is verry usefull for protecting my plants against potato beatle larvae.

[@paulbraga4460]

this helps for sure. on the other hand, since you have been experimenting and all and have in fact tweaked your JADAM practice, try doing soil tests with Logan Labs (or other places that do the Albrecht system of soil mineral balancing) and put down the amendments recommended - calcium carbonate, rock phosphate etc. believe you me you will elevate your garden to another level and benefit your followers soooo much...blessings

[@ashleyk8710]

This is my first year having such bad slugs, going to make this right away

[@pianissimo369]

"They (slugs) scoot around on a cushion of slime" 😂😂😂 You're brilliant!!!

[@l.antoinetteanderson3736]

Thank you for this "brew" - speaking of which, beer on a plate works well - cheap beer seems fine, the slugs ssem to gorge on the beer.

[@petergomez6991]

I ate a slug last night when i had a serving of my french chard. Im going to try your solution

[@gardenlikeaviking]

oh yes I've done that... now its personal!!!

[@agnesjaroch1]

Greeting from Poland Nate! this soution saved my straberries, we have this season plenty of slags - I mean in our region. We would only watch them eating all strawberries at night if we won't have this fantastic solution ! So thank you again for your honest, professional tutorials ! All the best ! Agnes Ps I am actually making your next concotion . . . Worlds Strongest Natural Fungicide as soon as I get the ingrediens. Will leave a comments how it works afterwords, because we have in Poland expecially on tomatoes very invasive potato blight - I really hope it will work.

[@billmarsh1971]

Suffered from slug issues with my capsicum crop this wet spring. Ruined the lot. Thanks for the heads up

[@WollongongSkyWatch]

Diotomeceous Earth works well. I have slugs eating my young red hot pokers. A liberal sprinling around the plants and no more slime trails; plants are recovering nicely.

[@sundayoliver3147]

DE is really good for most insects, too, so all-purpose! Hadn't realized it worked for slugs, too, but thinking about it, it makes sense that the microscopic sharp pieces would be uncomfortable for them, too.

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Doesn't work, tried that around one of our Hostas. The only thing I've found is to make a moat and keep it full of salty water.

[@WollongongSkyWatch]

@@haraldtheyounger5504 wow, sorry to hear. It worked for the young pokers; it's useless in rain and heavy dew. Those must be some beautiful Hostas! What are you using to make the moat, if I can ask?

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

@@WollongongSkyWatch Just cement. Dug out the border around where the Hosta was going, then I placed an old inflatable ring, built the cement around that. Deflated the ring before the cement was too dry. Then a coat of paint afterward, waterproof of course. The Hosta used to get complete decimated and just looked terrible. Now, not a nibble out of any leaf. It's amazing how many slugs and snails there are. Last night picked up another 14 after dark. Which with the others are going to the woods this weekend. I actually remember a story about a scientist who painted the shells of some snails to see if they'd return from where she dumped them. I'm sure it was something like 12 miles away. Within a week, they returned to her garden!

[@WollongongSkyWatch]

@@haraldtheyounger5504 such a cool idea! I've always wanted to do the painted snail shell experiment myself. One very early morning a few yrs ago, I got the shock of my life when I walked out to see a small army of snails all headed back to the safety of cover in the Galangal ginger before the sun came up. I was horrified by how many there were. I now use copper tape on all my raised vege beds. They don't like copper.

[@Rozdraws]

I'm sorry to hear that slugs ate your beard. Hope the solution helps!

[@hmmm..2733]

I love the new look!

[@fabriziom2661]

HA!

[@ej4753]

Just what I needed!! Thank you.

[@michelleperkins9886]

😂😂😂

[@flamingdonut9456]

😂

[@Crazy_Garden_Lady]

No beard! You look much younger! I like it 💯!

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so much! We used to have ducks, and when they stopped helping, we discovered that we have a zillion slugs!

[@PisceanKiwi]

Excellent! Thank you. Organic gardening plus Electroculture is amaaaaaazing! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@lazylonewolf]

Will have to watch, and use this later on my future kale. I was a bit bummed out when my Kale was doing fine for a while, and then the cabbage butterflies/worms came out. Was using neem oil, to limited success.

[@woodlandsartgal]

Hmmm, 1st year gardener here, so you may say I’m a kinder-gardener. Maybe slugs are eating up my potato leaves? Not quite as lace looking like your samples, but definitely eaten up like that. I’ve not seen pests during the day, only pillbugs, but was told they are good. At night I only have a raccoon, the bandit has eaten a bunch of my crop for sure. But this is different. Very localized, and not on all potato plants. I wish I could share pics. Was going to try a solution of oil and Dawn. It’s for aphids really. How about diatomaceous earth, as long as it doesn’t rain? That should crush them, right?

[@rodney.lott.farmlife]

Thanks for all the great videos and posts! You’ve been a tremendous help on our farm. We use Ruth Stout method and so slugs are a huge prob.

[@debbiecasalina4475]

Thanks, something just ate all my okra plants! Gonna try this!

[@honestlee4532]

I want all of my garlic! I'll keep going out there with a headlamp. I also put down boards or things for them to crawl under. I lift up the boards every day and squish any I find.

[@windhamflowers]

Great information and knowledge! We are having the WETTEST summer in Southern Vermont, Zone 4B! They are eating my lilies! THANKS!

[@MarjorieAlexanderASM]

First time seeing your content. Looking forward to using this on my greens and sweet potatoes which have slugs and aphids. Thank you!

[@ala2la]

Thank you a lot. Snails are a nightmare. Thrilled to try it out.

[@TreeHuggingTruther]

Gonna make this tonight or tomorrow, THANK YOU NATE!!! The nerve of those slimers attacking some sweet peas… 🤬

[@lis819]

You’re an inspiration…thanks for posting your knowledge…

[@anncarroll7354]

Razor sharp teeth 😖 really…..I’m sure I’ve got issues like this as I had so many lacey looking leaves and hole punched leaves, and root veggies that like like they have worm trails on the outside . I’m so happy I found your channel before my garden goes in this year.

[@mizp1111]

Perfect video and no drama this time 😅

[@gardenlikeaviking]

lol you remember!!!

[@c-dog3578]

Dude you waste no time and get into the goods in your videos. One of the few channels I don't fast forward through. I seen you Pinballs channel and I refer your channel to others for gardening. Keep up the good work!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for the positive energy my friend yes I like to keep them high and tight!!

[@DecMc]

Very informative. I shall have to get the ingredients from somewhere and try it. One anti slug technique I have only just heard about is ordinary dried oat flakes, that you make porridge with. Apparently you spread them out on dry soil around your plants and the slugs like and gorge on them, the oats absorb the moisture in the slugs and the slugs explode! It has only just stopped raining in the UK this week. So I shall try them around the Hostas, as they are slug caviar and see what happens?

[@susanbechtold3629]

Please post the results.

[@newjoyyork]

I have a lot of oats, and it’s been very dry….. I shall test this because I don’t have all the other things besides garlic that he mentions. So in the meantime, oat busters it is.

[@DecMc]

@@newjoyyork I put loads of oats in a circle around the Hostas. No eaten leaf damage atall. But no exploded slugs either? I shall continue experiment around veggie seedlings. Probably radish and climbing peas. I want slug explosions now!

[@scattergud3122]

💥😄

[@paullinas.4025]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@Ang.0910]

Just found ur channel. Glad to see u spreading JADAM. I learned about from Chris Trump channel. The gardening world needs to learn more about it!

[@shodanrich3317]

Save your eggshells. Crunch them up into small shards. Sprinkle the shards in a circle around the base of your plants. Slugs dont like to slither over sharp edges. Plus the small shells will break down into calcium and feed your plants. If you have a creative streak, food color the shards.

[@SamStone1964]

The slugs in my garden are not deterred by eggshells in the slightest.

[@shodanrich3317]

@@SamStone1964 At least your plants are getting calcium. You must have very special or vindictive slugs. Add coarsely ground salt.

[@SamStone1964]

@@shodanrich3317 Yes they're feral slugs with a voracious appetite. I've had to resort to using the bran pellets with iron to get seedlings started otherwise I'd have no vegetables. I don't think the soil wants salt.

[@shodanrich3317]

@@SamStone1964 Ortho makes poison slug pellets that may be a good last resort Called Bug Geta

[@SamStone1964]

@@shodanrich3317 I checked and those ones contain metaldehyde which I don't want in my garden. It's banned in some countries due to toxicity. I use multiguard pellets which from my research are the safest option.

[@jeffreyahern3104]

Greetings from Australia,back in the early 1970s there was a magazine called mushroom out of New Zealand.There solution for getting rid of pests,especially green cabbage caterpillars was 1 cup of milk half cup of green grubs half cup of water mixed up in blender, I tried it many times worked really well.Wife wasn't happy about the blender tho.I will try you garlic potion hopefully it will work on grasshoppers I'm in cairns Aus,we don't have any problem with slugs or snails but plenty of other chewing critters

[@TSis76]

Green grubs?? Is there a Latin name or definite ID for an American unfamiliar with them?

[@jeffreyahern3104]

@@TSis76 there the larvae of the white cabbage moth

[@TSis76]

@@jeffreyahern3104 oh. Thank you!

[@salvatorelivreri]

I love your accent and your at-peace-with-the-world demeanor! Is it possible to substitute Dawn dish soap for the JADAM?

[@salvatorelivreri]

Also, can it work without the sodium hydroxide? What does the killing? The garlic ingredients or the NaOH?

[@gardenlikeaviking]

thank you for that kind comment my friend!!... yes you can use Dawn in place of the JWA but a better substitute is Dr.Bronners Peppermint Castile soap or any pure Castile soap... yes the Sodium Hydroxide is what makes it all happen without that it won't work... look at my recent video I made this spring about the new slug solution and I explain much more in that video... thank you!

[@NordicDan]

Slugs ate the bajeezus out of the leaves on my young pumpkin vines last year and I ended up getting a bag of slug/snail bait. It certainly did the job but wasn't cheap, and like you said, kills the earthworms. My pumpkins barely survived and I only had one big enough to carve by Halloween. This year I'm going on the offensive before the damage happens!

[@andrewpalim1978]

I heard ducks are a great slug solution. What do you think Viking? Thank for sharing this recipe!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes they can be wonderful to keep them in check but to initially get them under control you'll need something much more powerful at first...

[@maureencope2877]

Thanks for sharing keeping my sprouts safe from them critters

[@rajahalex460]

Thanks for your vaiuable tip.

[@PlumbsmartPaul]

Yes! Thank you!

[@chiviasylka1522]

Informative! Just as always! Thanks😊

[@TRUTHRULES777]

Whatever you use, you should put it in within at least a couple days after you plant. I usually put anything for a slug situation when I plant I live in Washington state. We have a lot of wet, rainy days spring. You have to gauge everything..fall much Also Sun Heat from May through September nice October beautiful and many days in winter also which most people don’t know but, yeah that’s my trick. I’ve learned whatever you do do it when you plant or within a day or two

[@tonygram5414]

I grow in planters just started have a few tomatoes plants I keep a bottle of 70% rubbing alcohol and water with me to sterilize my cutters if I see slugs climbing up my containers I blast them with that and they just disappear. Or my peroxide mix. It doesn’t get on the plants. The peroxide I use to treat the plants for fungus that mix of peroxide and water saved my tomato plants from dying.

[@helengren9349]

Beer traps 🍺are good as well! 👍Do not have to chase slug at nights, they come volontieerly & have a party! 👍🤷‍♀️ Fill a small plastic soda bottle with 1/3 of beer & place near plants..one can use bigger bottles as well with more beer in it..

[@uschiuschi3232]

Is it also possible to use a lye made of wood ashes ? Because in Austria its difficult to buy sodium hydroxide.

[@amalasyamadas9259]

So helpful thank you Nate

[@cheryllink7808]

Looking good. Spring cleaning

[@BritishBeachcomber]

4:06 Allicin is actually created by the action of the enzyme, allinase. This is formed when the garlic is crushed.

[@Garanon5]

My mom asked me to watch because she needs a batch for her poor plants that are being decimated. What kind of Dr Bronner's product would we need to buy if we go that route? Your wetting agent video looks good but I'd prefer something I can use tomorrow. Much appreciated for sharing all of your knowledge!

[@gardenlikeaviking]

ok my friend here it is amzn.to/42U28Oc

[@michaelheyward7668]

Great video, Nate!

[@Look-to-NatureHomestead]

I have been regularly applying for 2 weeks... they've decreased, but they are still destroying crops and sprouts. I find it best to cycle through the garden twice with the slug solution. The leopard slugs trying to escape 5 minutes after application.

[@timmmmmmmmmmy1]

@ Garden Like a Viking, recent sub cuz the challenge of gardening is increasing by the day. The recent uptick of sky trails is quite concerning. Last year was miserable, I went thru mater withdrawal and felt like a failure. I bought a jadams book a few years ago and make a handful of teas. I normally use leaf mold but have to nab it from woody roadsides. I had a barrel of mostly produce tea that was from last year that wasn't doing anything. So I added some Mycorrhizal and man o man is it ever stinky now. I'm thinking of discarding it and starting fresh. With cows,chickens, plant matter and worms im not short on fertilizers. What's your thoughts ? 1 last thing, fertilize your face please, it was a very nice beard.😂 I'm much enjoying your content my brother your knowledge and delivery gets 👍👍.

[@gardenlikeaviking]

yes with anerobic fermentation it will get a very foul stench for some time... its ok though... you can just dilute it and use on the soil at a rate of 1 to 100... and thank you for the beard recognition my friend it will be coming back in the fall time because thats just my winter look!

[@sassy3923]

Italian wall lizards are a natural solution that works wonders for my garden.