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About Slugs Slugs have no legs and their bodies are soft and slimy. They feed at night on many of the flower and vegetable plants in your garden and they rest during the day. When you water your garden in the evening, the foliage stays wet longer and makes your plants more susceptible to diseases and slugs. You can reduce slug damage dramatically by watering in the morning instead of the evening. Ground-covers and mulches will often provide a good hiding spot for slugs. Use an Oak leaf mulch to deter slugs and snails. Set out a shallow bowl of beer in the garden. Slugs love beer. In fact they love beer so much they will drown themselves in it. You can trap slugs by laying boards in the garden. They will hide under the board and the next day you can lift the board to collect and get rid of them. Ground beetles are considered very beneficial for your garden, with both larvae and adult forms feeding on numerous insects and slugs. Toads, turtles and snakes all prey on slugs too

Contributed by Gardenerette on January 18, 2008, at 4:12 AM UTC.

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