Slugs love to hide out during the day, so your first mode of attack should be to make your garden less inviting for them and remove all possible shelters near the plants you’re trying to protect.
That includes: – Keeping grasses relatively short – Keeping the areas around your plants weed-free – Moving compost, mulch, and wood piles away from your garden beds
Slugs cannot survive in dry environments, so it’s important to manage moisture levels in your garden (which also benefits soil and plant health).
You can do so by: – Pruning low tree branches to let in more sunlight – Dividing or thinning perennial plants to improve air circulation and allow the soil surface to dry out
Seedlings have tender tissue, which slugs love. This makes them super vulnerable to slug damage and because of their small size and limited resources, they don’t often recover from an attack.