Controlling slugs and snails This comprehensive guide will help you to protect vulnerable plants from the unwanted attentions of devouring gastropods. Rogues' gallery Look out for the clusters of round, white glistening eggs when you are cultivating the soil.
Snails feed mainly on decaying plants and fungi.
The great black slug is a widespread garden species. Like all slugs, grey field slugs relish tender foliage. Rogues' gallery Biological control of slugs Traps to tempt gourmet pests How to protect your plants from attack Chemical controls In-built plant resistance Garden friends Search for plants by plant name or sun exposure and soil type. Send your problems to our experts or read their answers to other gardening questions. Read tips from fellow gardeners.