Dealing with Pests – Slugs!

Having slugs on your allotment can be a real pain. While you can catch them in the act and invite them to leave your vegetables alone, it is good to keep an eye out for them before you start growing. This is often best done when you are digging the soil over in preparation for planting.

In this video we can see some slug eggs waiting to hatch and eat the veg. They are not very large, but you can tell them as they are translucent balls. These could be from last year, but equally they can lay dormant for a long time.

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My favourite method is to lightly salt them.