GardenTried-and-true tip
Collecting slugs from boards laid out overnight
Lure slugs under boards or damp hessian sacks and collect them in the morning.
- Time
- ⏱ 10 min pro Morgen
- Difficulty
- ◆ easy
What you need
- Untreated wooden boards or damp hessian sacks
- Bucket for collecting
How to do it
- In the evening, lay untreated wooden boards or damp hessian sacks right between the beds at risk.
- In the morning, look underneath and pick up the slugs.
Variations
- The trick can be combined with nematodes.
Sources
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- immowelt.de (opens in a new tab)
Lege abends unbehandelte Holzbretter oder feuchte Jutesäcke direkt zwischen die gefährdeten Beete.
