Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slugs and snails like to attack heads of lettuce and flowers. Getting rid of them is no mean feat. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa ...

It seemed to reduce leaf consumption by 48%.

close up of a slug in vegetable garden - La Huertina De Toni/Shutterstock I'm a master gardener who specializes in organic growing and permaculture, so I've spent the past few decades testing all ...

Gardeners who have slug pellets in their shed have been issued a legal warning about using them after a law change. They have long been used by gardeners as a means of pest control in the eternal war ...

A new slug pellet with a novel active ingredient will be available to UK farmers in autumn 2026, offering greater choice and efficacy for slug control. Ferrabait developed by Adama UK contains 1% w/w ...

Across the UK, gardeners facing slug damage and rising fertiliser prices are being urged to leave sheep wool in the soil this spring. From March onwards, those soft fleeces quietly transform beds in ...

13:45, Mon, Apr 7, 2025 Updated: 14:10, Mon, Apr 7, 2025 Gardeners are being urged not to use slug pellets in their gardens this spring or summer due to the damage they can cause to all sorts of ...

As the spring and summer months approach, gardeners are being advised against using slug pellets in their gardens due to the harm they can cause to various forms of wildlife beyond just slugs and ...

14:09, Tue, Apr 8, 2025 Updated: 16:57, Thu, Apr 10, 2025 Gardeners have been issued a warning by garden and ecology experts over using slug pellets in their garden this year - because they may be ...