Slug Control - slug traps, bait safe & torch light pick-up stick

The Bait Safe system allows you to trap and kill slugs and snals without damaging your garden habitat or wildlife.

Use the Bait Safe system with traditional slug pellets to help prevent the following hazards:

• Contaminating the soil with chemicals leached from slug pellets.
• Poisoning frogs, toads, hedgehogs and other garden wildlife.
• Exposing children & pets to the danger of slug pellets scattered on topsoils.

Alternatively, use the Bait Safe system with the Poison-Free baits suggested for complete peace of mind.

Directions for use:

1. Dig a hole the size of the trap base in the area to be treated.
2. Each trap will attract slugs and snails from a distance of up to two metres.
3. Put the trap base into the hold so that the rim is level with the ground.
4. For Poison-Free baits:
   • Suggested baits are beer, yeast dissolved in water, ripe fruit or vegetables in soapy or salty water. Fill trap within 2cm of trap rim
5. For traditional slug pellets:
   • Pour a thin layer of pellets into the base. Supplemental fruit and vegetable attractants can also be added.
6. Carefully place the lid on to the trap base.
7. Check the trap regularly and dispose of contents by removing the lid and carefully lifting the trap our of the hole.
8. Rinse and refill the trap every few days.

The Slug Pick-up Stick

With a torch attached this implement is ideal for night time slug catching forays!

£12.99 + £5.95 p&p ( This carriage will cover many products)

Facts about Slugs and Snails

Slugs and snails can cause huge damage in gardens and are capable of consuming several times their own body weight in a very short period of time.

Favourite plants include hostas, marigolds, dahlias, tulips, lavender and snapdragons but they will quickly devour other succulent foliage too.

Slugs and snails are gastropods. This means "stomach-foot" and refers to their one muscular foot. They need moisture to move, and excrete a slimy fluid from glands on the foot that dries to become the silvery trails that are evidence of infestation.

Slugs and snails prefer cool, moist conditions and tend to feed at night, but they may be active during the day if the conditions are right.

They will take cover in hot, dry weather and are able to go without food for long periods of time. However, prolonged dry weather may kill up to 90 per cent of eggs and young per year.

Mature slugs and snails are hermaphrodites, containing both male and female reproductive organs.

They lay 20-100 eggs several times a year in sticky white blobs visible in shady parts of the garden.

The young reach sexual maturity after six or seven months.