UGH! SLUGS! PESTICIDE-FREE SOLUTIONS TO SLUG PROBLEMS

摘要

Most people would agree that it's not fun to find slugs in your garden. They have what seems to be an endless appetite for plants you're trying to grow. They're also squishy and slimy. Don't give in to disgust, though, or pesticides. There are effective pesticide-free techniques for dealing with slugs so that they don't get out of control in your garden. There are about 40 different kinds of slugs living in the U.S., but only about half of them are considered pests. Most of the pest slugs are speciesthat people accidentally brought to this country from other parts of the world. Common pest slugs in the Pacific Northwest include the European black slug, the gray garden slug, and the banded slug. Managing the different species of slugs is similar, soyou don't need to decide which kind of slug you've got in your garden.