I also 'hate' slugs and am on a mission to 'save' my plants! They have been having a feast on my lettuce and on some tasty flowers of mine. I've never used 'Sluggo', I've used 'Concern' (I think that's what it's called), I'm not so sure it's effective either. Disgusting is all I have to say!

J

I have never seen a slug eating Sluggo. But I know when I use it regularly the damage on the plants is far less. Had an Assarum that was getting decimated in early spring, started applying sluggo regularly and it has recovered and is spreading nicely.

Some plants still have bite marks and of course I see slugs everywhere, we garden next to the forrest, but at least the plants can grow faster than the slugs can eat them.

jb

I believe slugs won't eat it when it's dry.

I've used it for four years now and it works. They're probably eating it at the same time they would normally feed...in the dark and early morning dewy hours. All I'm finding in the garden anymore is a handful (5 or 6) of very large snails and 1 or 2 large slugs - easy to remove by hand. The trick was to start applying Sluggo in February and do it every two weeks so that they couldn't lay any eggs. Now, the biggest damage to my hostas was caused by the hail last month. Hooray!

Sue

It works well for me in my backyard slug habitat. I've used it since it first came out and all of my slug favorites have done better since. I occasionally see one eating it.

Well, I just moved here last year and started my slug control a bit late and didn't follow through to fall. This year, I'm on top of it, making sure to sneak out at night and throw sluggo over the fence into the neighbor's rampant ivy.

I swear it *is* actually helping to reduce damage on my plants, I just hate seeing them avoid the stuff.

The testimonials and encouragement help; I just wont give up. I think it has been a good year for the slugs anyway, so I'll try not to get too discouraged.

I know it works for me. Frequently on my rounds with my ammonia solution too, I find large & medium sticky dehydrated slugs - a sure sign of a feast on Sluggo. Small baby slugs are usually found on the plants. More likely they haven't moved far from the food source by which the eggs were laid.

I've had one take a right angle turn - twice - to avoid Deadline squirted in front of it. With pests in general, repeated use of same pesticide tends to result in development of resistant population. This is because a 100% kill is not usual, repeating weeding out of susceptible individuals favors those with resistance (and their descendents). Think of it as artificial selection.

Iron phosphate baits should be alternated with other kinds to avoid/delay the appearance of slugs that are not controlled by them.

I now sprinkle epsom salts around as well and have found it to work as well as sluggo if not better. Cheaper too.

Isn't too much salinity a bad thing?

jb

Sluggo is the best way to slug the slugs & snails away.

SeattleSuze I also am finding large snails this yr. Put out the sluggo and they did not like it. The lg snails I guess are new to our area this yr. Have you ever seen these lg ones or only the small ones??

Puppy,

I think they're slightly less vulnerable to Sluggo but am wondering if it could possibly be responsible for the thinner shells I'm seeing this year. There have been large snails in my garden since we purchased the house three years ago.

Suze