Pour into containers and placethem out in the garden. Disposable plastic cups placed into holes and dug betweenthe garden rows work well when filled with this mixture. To enable the slug to crawlinto the container, the lip of the container should be flush with the soil surface. This way the slugs have easy access into the container but will find it hard to get out. Check the containers each morning to see if slugs have to be dumped out and thenplace out a fresh mixture in the evening.
Frequent tillage can physically destroy adult slugs and slug eggs.
Rototilling in both the spring and fall can help reduce their population. In addition rototilling in betweenrows throughout the growing season will assist in control. Abrasive materials like ground egg shells, oyster shells or diatomaceous earth can beplaced at the base of plants. As the slug ripples over the abrasive material theirbodies become lacerated causing the slugs to die from dehydration. Wrapping cotton balls around the base of plants will prevent the slugs from climbing upthe stems as the cotton absorbs the slimy mucous on which slugs travel.