Slugs pose a major threat to many crops in all but the driest season – and with high field populations during 2016, this autumn is shaping up to be high risk. While pelleting is an invaluable part of ...
Too many farmers try to trap slugs at the wrong time and lose faith in this important approach to gauging the true need to apply slug pellets. But with the pressure on the industry to cut metaldehyde ...
Gardeners have been banned from putting out slug pellets to protect their plants and vegetables from the gastropod. This is because slug pellets contain metaldehyde, an organic compound that is toxic ...
Slug pellets have been banned because of the dangers they pose to wildlife and the environment. Metaldehyde, the main pesticide in most slug pellets, has been used widely to control slugs and snails ...
Gardeners are being warned not to kill slugs and snails or use pest control pellets this summer. The gastropod cousins are usually found during wet autumn days under sodden leaves - but they can even ...
They have been used against the slimy vandals of the vegetable patch since the 1940s. But from today gardeners are banned from putting out slug pellets to tackle the pests. Instead, they will have to ...
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