This is a bad year for slugs on strawberries.
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The slug population has exploded in the ideal conditions provided by the wet conditions last summer & this spring.
To reduce slug attacks on strawberries:
* surround the strawberry row with oyster grit, or a similar medium,
which the slugs do not like to cross.
* place ’slug pubs’ amongst the rows. These are small containers of
beer which the slugs drop in to.
* leave grapefruit or orange skins in the row, which will attract
slugs, & pick the slugs out every day & destroy.
* purchase a pyramid slug trap
* elevate the strawberry plants on poles which the slugs cannot
climb – see table top strawberries.
* click the link for more info on slug control
slug-eaten-strawberry
Slugs can devastate the strawberry crop, so it is worth taking time to
control the slugs, using a number of different methods.
