I don't kill slugs but I deter 99.9% of them with two strips of copper tape or wire around my veg beds connected to a battery. The gruesome gastropods will cross the first strip but as soon as he/she touches the second placed about 3/8 inch away the circuit is made and they coil back with a severe headache. This is the ONLY system that works in my garden so the 'All you can eat' salad bar is now closed.

Attract rats……I was like, whaaaat??? You got me! Hilarious!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Most excellent brother. "25 ways to attract rats." Brilliant.

I have frogs! Lots and lots. Tree frogs, ground frogs and something in between. Point being...my frogs aren’t doing their job bc I have a ton of the snails too. We’re gonna have a talk tonight about stepping up and getting to work 😂💜😂

I’m in San Diego near the coast and snails are everywhere. Before I built my raised bed, I cleared the fence, Iceplant, and area where it be. I picked off the fence more than 40 snails over 3 days and tossed them into the canyon. I bought Corry’s Slug/Snail Killer. Followed the instructions, and haven’t seen them since.

Living in England all of my life, I had a lot of issues with slugs and snails, as you can imagine. I tried so many things to stop them, but nothing worked. You are certainly correct about the myths, however I find copper has an issue. Copper will get dirty fairly quickly, which means that the slimy things will get over unharmed. You will also need to renew it frequently. I found just 2 deterrents from getting to my produce. One was to use marigolds as companion plants, and the other was a product named Slug Gone, by the company Vitax. It is completely natural, degrades, and while not perfect, it works pretty well. Unfortunately I couldn't attract frogs. I will do a video on this as well soon. Yours reminded me that I am still to do it. Thank you, as always great viewing. I have a long way to catch up on my channel.

I've found that cinnamon is very effective at controlling slugs. Salt is also effective, but you don't want to use that near soil obviously. But, it works great in dark stairwells or other areas where it stays cooler and they can hide out during the day.

I've just always bought Safers natural slug bait from my hardware store. It's volcanic ash pellets. Wet it, they eat it. Wrecks their guts. Seems to be good for 2 weeks of slug free gardening before slug issues start up again.

Amazing sites and information, so tghank you very much. I live here in Nova Scotia Canada and I use seaweed in my garden and it stops snails all together. You layer the seaweed ontop of the garden and as it drys the snails will not crawl across it. Plus the seaweed gives amazing fertilizer to the garden

After years of battling slugs with beer bait and hand picking, You presented Sluggo . I've resisted buying extra products because I'm a hardcore permaculture minimalist. But I applied some last week and voila' ! Not a single slug on my two large beds of lettuce and kale so I'm willing to make this compromise because it's organic. Thank you Brian :)

I am 74 have lived in this house 50 years and that’s how long I’ve dealt with slugs and snails for quite a while shared my beer with them did take care of a few but wasn’t sharing anymore. Every year they would absolutely eat my rhubarb leaves completely leaving almost nothing I even tried slide bait then on shark tank a couple of years ago I saw a product called first Saturday lime it is safe for humans and pets so I thought what the h you can even put it on the leaves of your plants I have the most beautiful lush rhubarb leaves and also I quit planting flowers because they would devastate myFlowers eating them to the ground I wish I knew how to send a picture because I now have amazing looking rhubarb leaves and amazing flowers I hope this helps

I've had some luck with those copper plated pot scrubbers. You can unravel them, forming a mesh tubular netting. Each one is about 18 inches long and can be stretched around a medium planter and twist tied in place. It makes about a 2 inch barrier. Two for a buck at Dollar Tree.

I currently have all of these - rats, slugs, snails and worst of all squirrels. Loads of birds who of course eat none of these and next door's cat who doesn't hunt rats. 😬 Trying to encourage hedgehogs in to eat slugs and snails but getting rats instead.😬 Haven't got snakes though (this is London!).🤔

Three things that work for me: Narrow copper strips definitely don't work. Two strips spaced about a half inch apart work better. But the ultimate is to connect a waterproofed 9v battery to the two strips. The snails will happily go across the first strip, but when they reach the second strip, they complete the circuit and get 9v running through them. They move back very quickly. It doesn't harm them, but it's an effective barrier. Something that is available in the UK (I don't know about other countries) is packets of live, nematodes. These are microscopic worm-like creatures and there are millions of them in each pack. You put them in a watering can and water your garden. The slugs and snails eat the nematodes, which then start to eat the slug/snail from the inside, killing them. As the nematodes are alive, you have to use them as soon as you get them (or keep them sealed in their pack in the refrigerator for a couple of days). They work and can be effective for about 6 to 8 weeks. In the UK and much of Europe, Asia and Africa, we have the luxury of a small, spiky, nocturnal creature; the hedgehog. If you're fortunate enough to have one or more in your garden, they will eat as many slugs and snails as they can find. I get a family of 3 hedgehogs visiting my garden most nights and they are most welcome.

I'm so afraid of snakes too!!! Literally frozen in fear 😱

Great video. I came here because I have a constant battle with slugs and snails in my garden here in UK. Coffee grounds don’t work, you are absolutely right! One thing I have been using that does seem to work is a garlic wash. I water my dahlias and chard with it and it does seem to deter them.

One thing I found that works great is twist ties that have spikey burs on them for decorating I guess, but can be found at the dollar store and you just have to make a circle with it around your plant. Slugs and snails hate spiny things , so they will crawl up to it hit the spines and crawl away. Hope this helps someone.

This was very interesting. I have not seen snails or slugs in my garden, but that doesn't mean they aren't there by any means. I like the copper tape idea for seedlings.

There used to be an enormous bullfrog in my yard... had to do everything to keep my dog away from it. Always seemed to find hum buried in the dirt where I planned to dig... maybe where my dog was digging, too... hmmm. Haven't seen him yet this spring...and slugs got all my seedlings whereas they never touched them before. Copper it is!

I have had slugs bad this year. I used Epsom salt, sprinkled around my raised beds and in the base of my tomato pots. I find spots that use to be a slug. About completely stopped my problem. Guess you could say it stopped them in their tracks!

You had me really nervous for a sec thinking I had to have rats in my garden!! 👏😆

Really glad to hear Sluggo is not harmful because last year I applied so much of it , ( there were slugs in my turnip bed, my peas and even my sunflowers, carrots) ... everything was white. We had so much rain last year!!! I tried just about every thing you mentioned, except the snakes and lizards, with no success. until I tried Sluggo 👩🏽‍🌾👍🏽🧡🧡🧡🧡 Works great!!

I've tried everything you mentioned except reptiles (I'd rather have the snails). I find a nightly snail hunt works the best. Armed with a Ziploc baggie with a teaspoon of salt dissolved in 2/3 cup of water, I roam the perimeter of my property plopping every snail I find into the baggie. The first night I got 50, every night after that the numbers declined until I was down to 5 or so. Zip up the baggie and throw it in the garbage - problem solved. The best time to find them is after you have watered your lawn or garden in the evening.

Glad I just picked some Sluggo! Thanks for the video.

Hedgehogs Brian!! They're the gardeners best friend in UK/Ire!! Only native ones though, not the light coloured little pet ones. Regarding others, I found beer traps effective, but they seem to attract slugs from far away so I only use them where a plant has frequent visitors, like my cabbages this year. I've tried diatomaceous earth/celite in a spray but have yet to find a sprayer nozzle that doesn't block. Copper tape is good, but can tarnish have a film after outdoor exposure, I use a little scrubby pad to brush it up. Garden is too dry for frogs, and finally snakes/lizards....I live in Ireland man, St. Patrick drove all the snakes out years ago! :D

I just go out when it’s dark with a torch, and squash them

We use slugo. And we’ve tried many other products. But what we’ve found is that no matter what we use, once it rains or once we have watered well...nothing works and has to be reapplied. 😞 Here in Oregon it’s a constant battle

People on your channel have the same sense of humor as you and I love it. They all got jokes🤣

I have a pond. It took a couple of years for the frogs and toads to find it but find it they did. My neighbours are complaining about the croaking night racket and they (not the neighbours) don’t seem to eat the snails with the hard shells 😡

The beer traps have worked great for me, but I put a deep enough small cup in there and the beer is deep enough, so far, they seem to be ‘biting the dust’ - or rather beer.

I have turtles in my gardens here in southern Maryland, and trust me, they eat slugs. I've watched them do it 😊 The frogs in my garden also help. Since these guys took up residence, I'm a happy gardener. Loved the video as usual! Oh, yeah snakes...just had to say it 😂

I watched your video and I bought sluggo. I’ve had snails for a few years in my garden but when I went to put the sluggo on I noticed that there were only snails shells left. I also noticed there was a large lizard in the garden and I think it ate all the snails. Thank you for your advice.

Well, I can tell ya the beer does NOT work. The slugs ate my plants and washed it down with the beer.

We keep a plastic container of table salt or Epsom salt near the front and back door. As we see slugs we cover them in it and they curl up and die. We also toss a tiny bit around the garden and grass and it helps control them. Both the salt and Epsom salt are safe for my dog.

There are huge snails here in my garden, yes since management got rid of mice/rats. They crawl up legs 4 feet to get into my planters!! Cats can be poisoned if they bite one. I def do not want my only food plants to be eaten by snails. Can something prevent them climbing?

This is my electric slug fence in action. Go to 2:00 to see the slug! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcmKgtyaqJjKfKc.html

My yard and garden has 1000s of snails. (FYI the brown pointy ones will eat the round ones) I finally resorted to using Sluggo which I had bought several years ago and never used. I can tell you it works. We've been having torrential rains here, so I'll have to reapply it. Thinking about those ducks, though.

Wonderful information as usual, thank you. Do you have anything on spider mites on banana plants?

No need to kill. Use strong espresso coffee powder...5/5 or 8/10 which ever you can buy and not weaker coffee bean powder. That is the strength that no slug likes.

Egg shells work very well for me. I use them in flowerpots, and they also serve as fertilizer. The beer works well also, I never buried a cup, but simply placed a plastic cup firmly in my garden, the snails crawled up and into the cup and drowned.

Sluggo works. I haven't had a slug and snail problem since the first drought a few years back. They were starved out or dried out. Only recently have I found one or two snails in one of my raised beds. I do what I did before I found out about Sluggo: Pick them up and throw them in the street. It helps seal the McAdam. I used to pay the kids to collect them, too. Nothing like a bribe. However, my neighbor's grand-daughter was visiting one day, and when she saw the snails in the street, she decided to rescue them by re-introducing them to my garden. When she found out I had been throwing them in the street in the first place, she would never have anything to do with me again. The price you pay sometimes!

I’ve heard all these same stories. Nothing has helped except chickens, birds and me coming out in the middle of the night and hand picking them. Drop them in a bucket with a lid. I keep them alive and in the morning drop them far away in the lawn across the house and watch the crows feast.

Beer! Just do it. We had a horrific slug problem in our yard.The second year in our home we discovered if we put beer in small wide plastic containers and placed them under our plants in the evenings, in the morning they were filled with dead slugs. Sometimes as many as twenty or more per container. The next year we did it again and began to see less. This year we put them out in early spring and we saw a few very small baby slugs. Now they get one once in a while. It organic, not very expensive and works. No more slug poison and no more chewed up plants.

I'm a second year gardener and have slugs. I can't stand those MONSTERS! I have been using D.E, and salt.I saw someone say use sluggo. Im planting next year in bins and planters .I made a mistake and did straw bales and all that watering attracted the slugs.I didn't know I had them.ugh

I like your sense of humor. I would say that slugs "shimmy" across :) We have lizards in the cottage garden and they do a great job on the slugs and snails.

This was helpful! I've got a ton of mulch down and I think that's what is causing my slug infestation (the ground staying moist). Happy to hear you recommend sluggo. I've been using Garden Safe slug bait but can't find it in stores anywhere right now. Apparently all the local gardeners are fighting the same foe.

tried coffee and egg shels many times, I vonfirm that does not work: Two things that work fine for me: beer traps and grass traps First one are working best when you take a plastic jar of yogurt, the one slightly cone shape, and with a lid, and cut in opening mid heigh, then bury the botton til the opening: slug will go drown in that beer in droves, and the lid on top will avoid rain to dilute and waste your precious brew Second, dicovered by accident: after mowing the lwan I pour grass in clumps around, this year I used a new ly built compost per (3 pallets in square) the slugs love to stay there! the grass clippings give them food and the pallets shade and repair, so I can easily skewer 10 every night Disavantages: waste of beer (the cheapest from the discount works fine) and every night, as go to bed routine, grab my torch and something sharp and go around my raised beds like a rat, I mean na hungry snake

I’ve never seen a slug anywhere near my garden so it’s a non issue for me . But I find it interesting there is a You Tube Channel dedicated to slugs. Funny joke about attracting rats to the garden!😂 That’s something I would do!😂

I was just researching slugs on cucumbers today. First year dealing with them... not sure what’s going on or what to do about it.

i have used copper foil tape for over 40yrs and it works great for pots and raised beds so you can keep them away completely. their slime makes a battery and actually generate electricity that shocks them. just make sure there is nothing bridging the copper mote like a plant growing up past it 🙂

I saw a video on the Proven Winners channel where they said that some university in Oregon did a study and found that bread dough in a cottage cheese or other deep container was the best way to catch snails and slugs. In one 48 hr period they caught like 18,000 snails and slugs. They said it was the yeast in the bread that attracted them. PS, I hate snakes too!

I grow tomatoes, peppers and zucchini. I noticed a lot of holes on my peppers. I read to search for slugs with a flash light after dark suggested by a comment in your sites. Sure enough. I just did search with my flashlight I just discover 20 minutes ago I saw the Slugs. Tinny slugs were eating free without being invited. I picked them out and my son said to spread salt at the bottom of my pepper container.. I will check next day to see if this work. Thank you for your great suggestions.

I use nematodes under the brand name of nemaslug. The nematodes are very small worms that enter the slug, change their behaviour to go underground, and stay there whilst the nematodes multiply up, killing the slug and then emerge looking for other slugs. My garden faces North North East and is quite damp. Since I've been using nematodes, my Hostas haven't been troubled.

Beer….i simply glue some strainers (such as the one used for some kind of soft cheese) to a pot saucer (with the opening side on the bottom of it); then I pour a shot of beer inside of it and I cover the contraption with another saucer, in order to prevent rain to water down the beer and fill the saucer. Beer attracts the slugs, but they cannot drawn since the strainer prevent them by getting inside. So they simply make themselves intent by sucking on the surface, gathering on it during the night. In the morning I simply get the saucer, and I drop them off in a nearby grassland. That’s it. Nothing fancy nor crazy, nobody get hurt and in my case it works pretty well. That said, a more “natural environment” helps keeping their whole population under control; same goes with using raised beds: in this case I can simply put a fine net on the top (as a metal frame that can be opened) and nothing can get inside. Hope it helps, cheers

Wow!! Slugs oozing across a razor blade??? Too much. When we lived in Washington state, the slugs were terrible and there was a product called Deadline that worked great. It was liquid and you literally just drew a line with it around your plants. I’m with you on the snakes. Last year I had several snake encounters on the property and I always had some friends say “that’s a good snake and will eat the venomous snakes.” Hey, if it gives me a heart attack when I see it, it’s a BAD snake. 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for another great video, Brian!❤️🥰❤️

African snail big problem every gardener , there are many snail in my garden eat my vegetable they are come at night time for me i am check at time before i going to bed thanks for sharing to us such educational experience

I have several anole lizards that live in my garden, small frogs which I hear at night, and I have started using slugo. In the past, there have been snails, but they haven't done a lot of damage, and I have never seen slugs. But this year there are almost no snails, but the population of slugs has grown to almost plague level in my garden (the only difference this year is I have added a lot more mulch due to soil erosion in the yard itself, and for moisture retention in the garden). I have several anoles that live in the garden, and have sprinkled Slugo around, plus went on a few 'hunts' where I just caught and killed any I could find, and while the numbers have somewhat decreased, they are still everywhere and doing damage.

Recently I read that Sluggo has a coating that many cats like ..(like mine) and they will seek it out and eat it.. the issue is .. is it is too much IRON and it is toxic to cats. I hide the sluggo under flowerpots.. etc.. so my giant cat does not eat it.. he also like some organic fertilizer he should not eat... but be careful... it can actually harm cats.

I saw a harmless snake in my garden a month ago and I screamed and ran for my life. It took me weeks to feel safe in the garden again and even now I still scout out the area before I go there. I will try the frog thing though and a duck recommended in the comments. Ty for the info. Maybe do a vid on how to get rid of snakes lol.

I live in eastern Washington State which is desert and slugs are one of our biggest problems. I have tried everything mentioned (copper wire, not tape) except snakes, lizards, and frogs. I was so excited when I threw a couple slugs into my chicken pen the first time. Nope. They looked at me like I’d poisoned them and wiped their beaks on the ground for 15 minutes (I don’t blame them). I know now that my plants have to be transplanted into the garden after they’ve reached a decent size. Mulch!?! Dont even get me started. Nothing but a slug maternity ward.

I LOVED this video. I don't usually have problems with this pest - but the humor is great. PS - me and snakes don't mix either. You have a safe ear here! :)

Here in Norway we have an invasive shell-less snail species that has no natural enemies. My goto remedies are to clear underbrush/weeds to limit hiding spots for snails and do a daily perimeter patrol at dusk with a pair of scissors

Coffee grounds work. Worked for me. Zero snails this year in my strawberries and I lost next to no strawberries to slugs. And it has been plenty wet out, too. Last year without coffee grounds we lost plenty to snails and slugs, this year no snails and very few slugs.

There are many videos of snails ignoring copper tape. salt works but better to put on a mat so that it does not go into the soil. We have the Spanish slug in the UK which is double that of the native kind.

When I would visit my grandparents in California Orange County, they had a problem with snails and what they would do would put a bowl of any kind of alcohol beer and you wake up the next morning and they would all be drowned in the bowl of beer. True story.

Scissors are my weapon of choice. I know. Gross. But my garden borders a woodsy stream area, and I have thousands, yes, thousands of slugs. Whatever I plant closest to the woods is nibbled to the ground within weeks and completely dies, so I am without mercy. I keep pairs of scissors in various spots around my yard and go on murderous rampages at night. This year I also added Sluggo to my arsenal, starting in about February, and I finally have my hostas back this year. I seriously think slugs came with The Fall!

Tried crushed oyster shells--a bust; the beer traps attracted & drowned many slugs, but the overall effect seemed to be to bring in even more; the copper strips work--have been using them successfully for years now. Now. How to get rid of 1+ bag of oyster shells & at least 3 slug beer traps....

Does anyone know where I can get Ortho Bug Geta Plus? It contained both metaldehyde and carbaryl. It works WAY better than anything else.

I was once warned that diatomaceous earth would kill worms in the garden. True?

Beer traps works great for me. I drowned about 60 slugs in first night! Had 6 beer traps in my vegie garden.

Hi. Love your back yard landscaping. Just found your video as I have a issue with snails all over my house and pool deck. I actually don’t have any gardens. But still have this issue. I bought sluggo but haven’t used yet and thinking how in the hell is this going to work on the hard surfaces if it’s a granular? Any thoughts? Do I dilute it to spray?

The absolute most effective trie & true method is to simply go out early morning/evening especially after a watering and 1) gather & dispose of them or, 2) invite the family outside for an old fashion Snail Stomp party. I tell y'all really thins out the herds. Cheers 🤓

"Sluggo" isn't available in my part of the world, but "Ferramol" is, and it probably works in the exact same way. The active substance in "Ferramol" is iron in the form Fe3+ (,while moss killers containing iron contains iron sulphate with Fe2+). "Ferramol" is safe for pets and garden birds, but it's an expensive bird feed, so spread/place it wisely.

diatomaceous earth just clumps when wet and is useless. I used nematodes to eradicate my slug problem but ended up with a horde of snails which were much worse. Can I attract the slugs back?

Two things work for me ,nasturtium is loved more than my veggies so very little damage.Next I dry and use m blackberry prickly stem that works well. I,m going to try copper pot scrubbers next !

I live in New Mexico with a lot of roadrunners in the neighborhood. The snails I have in one shady spot, I collect and bring them to the front yard, where the roadrunner can get them!

The one's in North Georgia are fast to get to my beer. Nothing like a slug on the rim of your beer can at night. I think the one's I deal with are air dropped by parachute.

Sluggo Plus will get snails, slugs and rolly polly bugs.

I have had great success serving beer to slugs. It is also enjoyed by the earwigs. A few large bottles of cheap beer protected our garden very well last year.

Just yesterday a saw a sneak and I thought' lucky me!" I have been having mice in my patch and snakes 'love' mice. .. therefore I love snakes 💚🐍🐍🐍💚 Thank you for the copper strip tip 😉

Ok ive been gardening for 50 plus years the 1 foot stomachs don't like nettles and brambles so i never chop them down they surround my brassica cages they get stung happy gardening Richardx

Salt would do much better than coffee grounds. But it dissolves in water..... the best thing I found is at an Amish green house. It was called slug bait. Little gray plastic like pellets. They eat it and the pellets expanded and liquid the slugs. I can't find it anymore in my area though......

I have had some success with Indian runner ducks in my garden. The ducks love slugs and snails and don't tear up the plants las much as chickens. They are adorable to watch but do have their drawbacks. They do require alot of care. Actually there are videos of Indian runner ducks trained to rid vineyards of them.

I must have really dumb & clumsy snails because my beer trap (half a can of beer buried at ground level) caught around 6 snails last night.

You got me on the “rats”. I was about to stop video…when you said “kidding”. 😏

I have found that Beer traps do work if there is a lid with a hole in. Ice-cream tubs work as do margarine tubs.

How to keep them out of whole garden I don’t grow any plants but my whole garden is leafy and grassy and the slugs don’t be there they be at my garden door

I've been stepping on the snails and slugs this year instead of throwing them as far as I can like in the past lol

I've used a salt barrier, it works. Has to be renewed a lot, especially in the rainy season.

Coffee grounds definitely worked to get rid of the frogs in the water feature, maybe that’s why I have so many snails now😢

Thanks just wanted to confirm the copper wire theory.

Hahahaha I was like NOOOOO! RATS ATE ALL MY TOMATOES AND CORN! Got me good 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Put one whole garlic bulb in a blender of water let stand for 15 minutes strain through a coffee filter,old T-shirt,put in bug sprayer,fill half way with water and the garlic water also right before dark spray in your garden on the dirt only not on you plants,keep away from dogs if they walk on this and lick there paws they can get sick,onion, and garlic can make dogs very ill FYI.

I have used the copper tape in the past.... was growing in containers and would wrap a couple of strips around the container.....I also used sluggo...all worked for me.

What about nematodes? I am trying that option now. My beer traps worked some, but not as well as I would like. I didn't use a bowl, though. I used the beer bottle, sideways. Slugs didn't escape much!

No slugs or snails here this year. We are on the drought side but, I did try beer when we had slugs when I lived in rain country in AK. Beer did not work. Not one drown slug. My method was to pick off the slugs and put them in ziplocks, ewwww! Wish I’d known about Sluggo back then. Thank you for another great vid.

Corry's Slug & Snail Killer for Rodents, 3.5 lb - super cheap on Amazon and it WORKS! A former neighbor let her yard get overgrown and it caused a slug infestation. We sprinkled this stuff lightly around every 2 weeks and the population was mostly gone in the 1st two weeks. Fantastic stuff!

Not a helpful comment but a funny story on frogs. In the foothills of the mountains here was a Rancher that raised cattle and alfalfa hay who had a huge pond on his property for irrigation. They got a new neighbor that was from a big city. He called the Rancher late one night to tell him that he needed to make the frogs be quiet because it was interrupting his sleep. I laugh so hard everytime I tell that story.

I came across a accidental snail trap i made in ground compost bin and kept finding toms of snails in my compost bin. on my one bed that i didn't put one in , the snails tore up my lettuce. My hypothesis is that the compost bin keeps rhe slugs n snails away from my vegetables by givin rhem a all you cqn eat buffet

I’ve had huge success with the beer traps I swear by it and I also have a few ducks that do a great job at keeping the snails and slug numbers down 🐌🦆🍺