Garden slugs are a real menace and threat to young plantsI really think garden slugs and snails are tuned to know when you plant new seedlings - they must be watching from under some shrub! This idea was sent to me from Susan who has great success with it - I have not tried it myself - I can't imagine giving my porridge away. But I guess if it came down to a choice of slug and lettuce or slug and porridge, I would choose the porridge every time.
Apparently you place the porridge / oats around the new plants or along the border. If I was to use this idea I would make sure I had a relatively thick spread of porridge / oats. The snails come along and devour the porridge - this makes them bloat up and die!!!! In the morning the birds come along and eat them all, a treat for the birds as they get their protein and grain in one meal. Garden slugs and porridge!! Let's keep finding more ideas
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