Hi everybody, I’m new here (zone 8, The Netherlands), first post yay!
I’ve had various results with slugs this year, on a new plot. I’ve always mulched with compost and straw or leaves. This year, lots of slug damage, but the carrots and salads did wonderfully, and the potatoes and physalis, that never suffered from slugs before, had serious damage.
Anyway, I’m going to do a trial next year, same size bed, same layer of compost and same plants (potatoes and peas, followed by winter carrots, leeks and radicchio) one bed mulched with only compost, one bed covered with the same compost and with autumn leaves. Anybody (Charles?) who would be willing to copy the experiment?