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Monty Don's method for deterring slugs and snails without chemicals:
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Natural Methods to Manage Garden Slugs and SnailsMonty Don shares eco-friendly tips from spring 2024, emphasizing predators and avoiding chemicals for slug control.
Key FactsApr 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- Slugs and snails persistently damage seedlings especially during the summer, making gardening challenging.
- Monty Don discourages the use of chemical pellets due to their harm to beneficial wildlife.
- He suggests growing plants on raised slug-proof tables and inspecting them daily for pests.
- Encouraging natural predators like birds and hedgehogs alongside minimal fertilizing helps control slug numbers effectively.
Slugs and snails are widely regarded as the gardener's public enemy number one, but they are superb at recycling waste vegetative matter, and do not discriminate between a fallen leaf and a delicious young seedling.— Monty Don; from a blog post published in April 2024
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