Slugs and snails are notorious leaf chewers in vegetable, flower, and fruit gardens. Both belong to the animal family called ...

The captured slugs and snails should be submerged in a saline solution — 7 cups of water and 1 cup of salt — for 48 hours, to kill both the creatures and the parasites.

Home remedies used to deter slugs and snails from prized plants appear to have no scientific basis. Using the likes of grit or egg shells to guard against slug attack did not reduce damage to ...