Slugs, just by their presence in the garden, can cause many problems for gardeners.
As the expert of the online publication BelNovosti, agronomist, landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh explains, they are active mainly at night, and during the day they hide in the ground or under wooden structures.
Those individuals that can be seen during the day make up only 20% of the total number of pests on the site.
Therefore, do not be hopeful if you do not notice slugs on the site during the day: the inspection of the territory should be carried out at night.
Slugs love to feast on strawberries, lettuce, cabbage and other plants that they encounter along the way.
The most effective way to protect against these parasites is to scatter a preparation based on beauveria near the beds.
To completely protect strawberries from slugs, experienced gardeners use the following method.
They take regular slaked lime and carefully sprinkle it on the soil around the plants. You can also sprinkle slaked lime on compost heaps, as slugs like to settle there too.
Earlier we talked about how to water cucumbers so that they don’t become bitter.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
