Snails & Slugs; Management using Traps & Barriers?
Traps and barriers should be used as supplements to the cultural practices mentioned in Section H.03.01. Counting on the use of traps and barrier as the only control measures is probably not realistic. One of the major problems with barriers is that while they may do a good job of keeping outside slugs and snail from getting into the planting beds, they also do a good job of keeping any snails and slugs that may be present in the planting beds very much in place. The better traps and barriers are: • baited pit traps • collecting stations • textual barriers • desiccating barriers • toxic barriers • physical barriers baited pit traps: The most common slug trap is no more than an empty pet food can or yogurt cup filled with enough beer to drown slugs should they fall in. The traps are spaced throughout the garden at a density of about one trap for every 10 square feet or 10 square meters of garden. The slugs are apparently attracted to the yeast and once in they can’t get out. The contain
