I am trying an experiment on slugs this season. I keep a bucket of very dry compost and The last thing I do before leaving the plot is to put a layer around my most vulnerable plants. I only have a small allotment, so it’s not too onerous.
So far it has worked on everything but the Chinese cabbage. Was a bit foolish to plant Chinese cabbage in April! I only have one left.
Have also a couple of planks for them to hide under and they go to my neighbours chickens in the mornings.
I bottle cloche my very diddy seedlings, which largely works, though some very enterprising slugs have managed to slither their way in.
