Keep these pests away from your hostas and other tender plants. Snails and slugs may seem like charming little garden buddies, but if they infest your hostas or other garden favorites, they can easily ...

Slugs are notorious for their habit of munching on decaying matter, and also play an important role in decomposition. But ...

Eggshells and sand irritate their soft bodies, while salt dehydrates them. Salt can also dehydrate your plants, however, so ...

If you're struggling to keep your prized plants safe from slugs, you may want to try this simple kitchen scrap garden hack ...

Instead of throwing away egg shells next time you have a fry up, crush them up and sprinkle them on your soil instead. Chris said: "Slugs don’t like to move over sharp edges so surround your ...

There are numerous non-toxic, eco-friendly methods to control slugs and snails without harming beneficial insects, pets, or the environment. Slugs and snails are most active at night and thrive in ...

They can also reproduce parthenogenetically, with each slug able to lay up to 400 round white eggs a year. A hydrangea lover, who was exasperated by these pests ravaging her plants, turned to the ...

An entomologist says early planted soybeans in tillage and no-till systems each faced significant pest pressure last season. Michigan State University’s Chris Difonzo tells Brownfield planting ...

The slug is native to the dense ... though they will commonly court other individuals. They lay clutches of eggs under leaves and soil, and leave the clutch once laid.

Slugs actually do have a shell ... If conditions are good, however, they can mate and lay eggs almost continually – that’s why you get so many snails in a long, wet season. ‘People often ask me how ...