Gardeners often use beer traps to lure slugs and snails away from their plants, but it can be expensive to keep them ...

And planting lettuces in pots rather than on the ground reduced slug damage, but also yield. What's the advice? It's thought sprinkling sharp grit and egg shells on plants as a barrier to deter ...

"With slugs and snails regularly topping the list ... on lettuce plants grown in pots and raised beds. The plants will be examined weekly for signs of damage and, at the end of the experiment ...

Slugs can be very destructive if they're not ... They're widespread and primarily live in plant pots, although plants growing in the ground can also be attacked. The most serious damage is caused ...

Slugs are one of gardeners' least favourite pests, frequently making top ten lists alongside moths, ants and rats. It's no surprise either as they devour new seedlings, create holes in leaves and ...

The ghost slug is carniverous and nocturnal ... but Bill Symondson of Cardiff University believes they may have come in on pot plants. Spending most of its time underground, it squeezes its ...