Snails
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Pests and diseases
Enemy number one for most vegetable growers, slugs and snails, love damp conditions and thrive in a warm, wet summer.
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Perfect Polytunnels and Glorious Greenhouses- All you need for undercover
Shopping for a Polytunnel or Greenhouse? No problem, Kitchen Garden has a great selection to help you find the perfect cover. Premier Polytunnels With the development of new polythene covers it is possible to grow all kinds of crops and…
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Do these Slug Control Methods Actually Work?
With an incredibly wet start to summer this year, there couldn’t be a more pressing time for gardeners to think about slug control. Just as the season is heading towards its peak and your garden is filled with fresh and…
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Share your patch with wildlife and you’ll both reap the benefits
We are all aware of the increasing need to incorporate areas for wildlife in our gardens and green spaces for the greater good and this needn’t be a choice between having a wild, nettle laden area or maintained lawns and…
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Kitchen Garden Best Buy and Top Picks
Here are our favourite gardening products for June, chosen for their quality, effectiveness and value for money BEST BUY SLUG X – SLUG TRAP Made from recycled polypropylene, this Slug X trap attracts slug and snails with beer as bait.…
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Popular deterrents slug it out – but to no avail
Slimy pests still find ways to munch on our crops, the RHS discovers. Subs Club subscribers, read on… A study by the RHS has sadly found five popular remedies to be entirely ineffective in deterring slugs and snails. Copper tape,…
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Time to slug it out…
Gardeners’ favourite slug deterrents are in focus in the first Subs Club offering for June, specially for subscribers to Kitchen Garden. Home slug remedies get scientific trial Egg shells, copper tape and other home remedies traditionally used by gardeners to…
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Everybody sing!
Yes, it seems that spring has finally sprung, and the birds are awake early to tell everyone the good news… Every spring across the UK, an extraordinary thing happens. Early in the morning, woodlands and gardens that fell silent in…
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Best Buy April 2018 -Slug and Snail Deterrents
Each month our expert editorial team pick the best products for you SlugLess This spiky straw slug and snail deterrent is 100% organic, contains no chemicals and is child and pet friendly. It comes in the form pellets which expand…
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It’s okay to drone on…
Find out why in the latest collection of unusual tales for Subs Club members only! Counting on drones With apologies to citizen scientists: a University of Adelaide study has shown that when it comes to wildlife counts, technology can sometimes…
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Snails, pumpkins, Halloween and hedgehogs – autumn’s truly here!
Read the latest fascinating seasonal news snippets… just for subscribers to Kitchen Garden! Why not sign up and enjoy these extra treats? RIP Jeremy the snail Below: Jeremy playing ‘uncle’ to one of the earlier babies. Above: The first picture…
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Organic slug control proves itself
Findings from the first year of an RHS study reveal that organic slug pellets perform just as well as synthetic ones. Interim results from the two-year study to identify more effective slug and snail controls show that organic pellets performed…
