There are no parasites in nature! Among them are bare slugs (snails without a shell). This is a real scourge of all gardens! Gardeners just clutch their heads when slugs start on their plots . The fight against him is not for life, but for death! These parasites cover noble garden plants with moisturizing mucus, tearing off juicy and soft tissues. As a result, a decrease in productivity, a deterioration in its quality. And all this one and the same parasite - slug!
The fight with him began back in 1910! Then an unknown biologist by the name of Vavilov was studying naked slugs. He was to defend his thesis on this topic. The future scientist thoroughly studied all the habits and habits of these slippery mollusks. He came up with one of the most effective ways of exterminating slugs in garden plots, which the vast majority of gardeners still use. What is this method? Read on!
The fight against slugs in the country according to N.N. Vavilov
The habitat and existence of terrestrial mollusks (slugs and snails) are moist grassy thickets. They cannot wish for more comfort! Therefore, it is not necessary to create such comfortable conditions for them. Remove residual crops in time - potential food for slugs (especially during the period of their active reproduction). Here he is - naked slug!
The fight against him, according to the scientist, should include the obligatory weeding of weeds! Do not forget about it! The fact is that it is in the weed thickets (especially near greenhouses and hotbeds) that snails and slugs tolerate drought and heat without significant losses on their part.
Fighting slugs in the garden. Modern ways
- Dense plantings of vegetable crops should be avoided. Remember, the more spacious the tomatoes, cabbage and cucumbers will be, the less likely the stagnation of air, and, therefore, the appearance of dampness.
- Draw frogs to the garden plot. Amphibians eat these mollusks with great pleasure. How to do it? It is enough to place low (4 cm) containers of water between your plantings (or next to the beds). I assure you, the frogs will make sure that you forget who the slug is!
- It can also be fought with the help of a time-tested chemical agent - Metaldehyde. Its chemical effect is as follows: the substance in the soil decomposes to water and carbon dioxide. It is harmless to earthworms, to beneficial insects. In addition, the blue color of its granules discourages pests. On its basis, a lot of funds have been released designed to combat slugs on the site (for example, "Thunderstorm"). The granules of this preparation do not pose any danger to horticultural crops; they simply create a protective barrier against terrestrial mollusks living in gardens. How does the drug work? Slugs, trying to crawl along these granules, burn special glands, which secrete mucus, which mollusks need for life. Result - the mollusk cannot move, it does not manage to devour plants, it quickly perishes. Good luck in the fight against the pest.