Sadly familiar to all gardeners slug is a real disaster for the dacha. This gastropod mollusk is absolutely unpretentious in the choice of foodand therefore he eats everything: plant tubers, shoots, vegetables and fruits.
On top of that, often slugs settle in cellars and basements, where they spoil the stock of fruits and vegetables. Consider how to get slugs in the basement.
general information
For successful reproduction, slugs are needed moisture and dampness. Therefore, at dusk, many types of slugs look for favorable places, and the cellar is an ideal place not only for breeding, but also for life, see the photo on the right.
Pests crawl into the cellar through a dehumidifier or crevices. Humid air and optimum (usually around 5 ° C) temperature allow slugs to lead an active lifestyle here all year round.
Get in the cellar slugs can and vegetables, for example, hide in cabbage leaves or go unnoticed in potato tuber. The question arises: "How to get rid of slugs in the cellar?".
Therefore, before sending vegetables for storage, they should be carefully examined.
Slugs, how to deal with them in the cellar, consider next.
How to fight?
Fighting slugs in the cellar may include both chemical and mechanical methods. Chemical remedies for slugs can be purchased at garden stores. Such drugs are usually scattered on the shelves and on the floor of the cellar.
Means against slugs based on metaldehyde or copper sulphate, it is forbidden to use in basements (cellars) and in residential premises.
Mechanical control methods imply construction of traps and pest barriers. In addition, there are very effective folk remedies against slugs. How to deal with it, read on.
Traps in the basement
Many gardeners and gardeners are wondering: “How to get rid of with a trap cover?”, “How to destroy a trap with a beer?”, “Slugs, how to fight them in the basement?” About this further.
Snare traps
Boxes of vegetables lift up the shelves and on the floor lay out pieces of linoleum, plywood sheets or any flat material.
Gradually, the bottom of the boxes will begin to dry out, and the slugs will move in search of more wet shelter on the floor. Here they are collected.
For greater efficiency, you can put slices of sliced vegetables and fruits under the traps. Read also the material on how to get rid of slugs on berries and vegetables.
Beer trap
Put a glass half full of beer in the cellar. Slugs will crawl into a glass, but they can't get out. Every 3 days the trap should be changed.
What to process?
Against slugs in the basement, powdered lime helps as well as a mixture of wood ash and chalk.
From the basement remove all the vegetables and equipment, close up the gap. Then carefully powder the room. From such processing slugs instantly die, they are collected and discarded.
After dusting, the entire basement is whitened. The basement is dried, ventilated, and only after that the vegetables are brought back. Dusting method is most effective at the initial stage of settling the basement slugs.
Preventive actions
Regularly air cellar and provide him with a good supply and exhaust ventilation. In due time to close up all cracks and manholes.
In autumn and early spring, sprinkle salt or mineral fertilizer around the manhole of the cellar and inside along the walls. Slugs will not overcome such a barrier.
Vegetables to be lowered into the cellar should be carefully checked for the presence of slugs.
But it should be remembered that it is easier to prevent pests from entering your basement, than get rid of them.
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