Slugging it out

It’s time for gardeners’ call to arms in the annual war against the invading slug army. Every year these slippery customers help themselves to our treasured seedlings. Some like to slug it out with pellets, whilst others do battle with gravel or even invite them to slug pub for a beery end.

But with around 200 slugs in each cubic yard of soil (yes there’s plenty of them underground), each with 27,000 teeth, you need to keep on your guard.

Bring on the nematode army. These miniscule commandos (they look like tiny worms under a microscope) seek out the slugs in the ground and stop them feeding within three days. The slugs die underground and more nematodes march on to seeking other slugs. The good thing is that they only attack slugs and so cannot become pests themselves.  When their job is done they retreat to former platoon strength.  Being rainproof, they work exactly when you need them to – in the moist soil your plants need to grow. Nematodes are already in the soil but are hopelessly outnumbered to deal with the spring slug offensive. So you can now send in reinforcements - 12m in one single pack to treat up to 50 sq. yards.

Nematodes have been proven through wide use in the professional growing market and now Nemaslug is available to all gardeners. Easy to apply with a watering can, Nemaslug poses no threat to children, pets or wildlife and leaves no chemical residues in the soil. Even if a bird eats an infected slug, it will not be harmed.