For the first time ever I have slugs in my lawn (the Phylum Mollusca kind, not F=ma kind).
Are they considered harmful or undesirable?
Slugs?
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Re: Slugs?
They can be. Slugs and snails don't usually eat mature grasses except as a last resort due to the silica, but they'll happily consume your gardens and some shrubs. And they'll lay eggs for next year to eat those gardens.
So if you have things that slugs will consume, get rid of them. Sluggo or EscarGo works beautifully (I use Sluggo myself). If it's just lawn, you can ignore them unless they're causing damage.
So if you have things that slugs will consume, get rid of them. Sluggo or EscarGo works beautifully (I use Sluggo myself). If it's just lawn, you can ignore them unless they're causing damage.
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Re: Slugs?
Thanks Morph. They're just in the lawn on the east side of the house. This is our first year with a new house behind us, a taller house with a half basement on a hill (so it seems super tall)... the point is, it casts quite a shadow in the mornings, then that area is shades again by afternoon from out house. Also, this is year 1 for us with irrigation, so I'm sure the soil stays more damp there than ever before.MorpheusPA wrote: ↑October 14th, 2021, 5:14 pmThey can be. Slugs and snails don't usually eat mature grasses except as a last resort due to the silica, but they'll happily consume your gardens and some shrubs. And they'll lay eggs for next year to eat those gardens.
So if you have things that slugs will consume, get rid of them. Sluggo or EscarGo works beautifully (I use Sluggo myself). If it's just lawn, you can ignore them unless they're causing damage.
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