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Protection against Slugs, the Gardener's Worst Enemy!

It has long been recognised that the gardener's most dreaded pest is the slug. Therefore we have selected a comprehensive range of products to enable you to choose the best method to suit your application, and effectively remove this pest from the garden with no risk to children, pets or wildlife.

 

Organic Slug Defence Gel

Organic Slug Defence Gel

1 litre of totally natural organic slug defence gel which is perfectly safe for children and pets - the clear odourless barrier prevents slugs, and their partners in crime snails, from attacking your precious plants, can be applied to any vertical or horizontal surface and is effective even in wet weather.

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Slug Lady Red/Black

Slug Lady Red/Black

Slug Lady Red/Black - gain the upper hand with these effective eco-friendly recycled boards that give individual protection to each plant for 3 weeks. Impregnated with salt and sulphate, a slug-and-snail repelling ring forms round the top of the ‘wall’.

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Slug and Snail Trapper

Slug and Snail Trapper

Safe around children, pets and wildlife and capable of holding hundreds of slugs and snails, this low maintenance trap sits inconspicuously in the ground. The contents never need handling and there is no need to dig up for emptying and re-filling.

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Slug Trapper Bait

Slug Trapper Bait

This unique formula is specifically designed to attract slugs and snails. Completely non toxic, can be used in all makes of slug trap.

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Plastic Slug Collars

Plastic Slug Collars

Plastic Slug Collars are a simple and easy to use product that stops slugs eating young plants, by protecting them when they are most vulnerable from attack, can be re-used many times.

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Slug Granules 3kg Pack

Slug Granules 3kg Pack

Used to protect individual plants, whole beds, or container plants. The granules form a physical barrier to absorb slime and mucous from slugs, making it impossible for them to move towards the plant.

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Slug Copper Rings (6 Pack)

Slug Copper Rings (6 Pack)

Slugs, the gardeners’ biggest enemy, are unable to attack plants surrounded by one of the copper Slug Rings, available in two sizes - small and large.

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Slux X

Slux X

Remove slugs and snails effectively using this simple trap by the use of beer or slug and snail trapper bait.

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Slug and Snail Copper Tape

Slug and Snail Copper Tape

The copper tape has a serrated edge for extra protection and an adhesive backing which allows it to be fixed easily to any shaped pot, supplied on a 4m roll it will provide one growing seasons protection against slugs and snails.

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Advanced Slug Killer Pellets

Advanced Slug Killer Pellets

These rainproof blue pellets are attractive to slugs and contain a naturally occurring active ingredient - ferric phosphate - which, when consumed, cause the slug to stop feeding and die. The pellets are eventually returned to the soil after being broken down by micro organisms (into iron and phosphate) and remain effective after rainfall. Children and pets need not be excluded from area treated

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Slug and Snail Shocka Mats

Slug and Snail Shocka Mats

The copper impregnated ground-cover matting allows you to protect larger areas and has been proven to repel slugs and snails preventing them getting into uninfested areas.

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Slug Wool

Slug Wool

Successfully trialled at RHS Harlow Carr, Slug Wool is an organic slug barrier and soil conditioner in one. The raw material - reclaimed wool - is extruded to form woollen pellets which create a 12 month biodegradable insulation blanket around plants which also causes irritation to the nerve endings in the slugs foot, persuading them not to cross.

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Smart Slug Pots

Smart Slug Pots

Smart Slug Pots have a 6 litre capacity, are manufactured from recycled materials and the underside of the lip is covered with copper granules, creating both a physical and unpalatable barrier to slugs.

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Slug Barrier System

Slug Barrier System

Give your beds and borders the protection they deserve by surrounding them with the Slug Barrier System - a fortified wall almost certain to quash any attempted mollusc uprising!

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Slug Sentinel

Slug Sentinel

With slugs and snails consistently featuring in the top 3 of the RHS Garden Pest List, these new attractive Slug Sentinel copper bands will form an impenetrable 4cm (1 3/4") high barrier once pushed into the soil to make sure you stay on top season after season.

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SINGLE - Slug Trap

SINGLE - Slug Trap

With plenty of room for lots of slugs these robust, discrete Slug Traps are an effective, tidy way to catch and destroy slugs without using harmful chemicals.

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