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Many aromatic herbs repel slugs, such as rosemary. Marigolds and black-eyed Susan not only look beautiful, but deter slugs when bordering gardens. Other plants are resistant or less affected by slugs. These include astilbe, campanula, lobelia, phlox, ranunculus, and viola.
Correspondingly, what flowers keep slugs away?
These plants scents are said to deter slugs from entering an area where they are grown:
- Basil.
- Garlic.
- Lavender.
- Marjoram.
- Parsley.
- Peony.
- Rosemary.
- Roses.
- 1 – Put a Bird Feeder and Bird Bath in Your Garden.
- 2 – Feed Slugs Bran.
- 3 – The Beer Trap Method.
- 4 – Pellets for Slugs and Snails.
- 5 – Slug Nematodes.
- 6 – Copper Tape and Copper Mesh Barriers.
- 7 – Egg Shells.
- 8 – Regular Bait Traps to Trap and Release.
what plants repel slugs and snails?
Garlic, Lawn Chamomile, chives. Some plants repel most slugs and snails and these may have a deterrent effect when planted alongside or used to make an extract. Many gardeners swear by garlic as a natural pest control. Some say chives are effective it the leaves are tied around vulnerable plants; sounds fiddly.
Plants that slugs hate These include plants that taste bitter or smell unpleasant to them as well as those with tough leaves or woody stems that slugs find difficult to chew.