We start the season by protecting the seed trays from slugs and snails. Try putting your seed tray on a board supported by small Slug Rings
Seedlings
We put small Slug Rings around plants as soon as the seeds have germinated or as we transplant them into the vegetable beds.
Brassicas and Courgettes
We plant out the seedlings and protect them with large Slug Rings, leaving them on for the whole of the growing season.
Broad beans, Bush Beans and Sweetcorn
Protect with small Slug Rings until they are 9 inches high and no longer at risk of being wiped out by a little slug damage. Then you can use the rings elsewhere.
Carrots and parsnips
These seedlings need protecting with small Slug Rings or a Slug Row to give them a chance to get started.
French Beans, Runner Beans and peas
We sow one seed in a small Slug Ring or up to 8 in a small Slug Row, so that the bean shoots are protected from the moment they appear.
Lettuce, Rocket, Salad Leaves, Spinach
These spend the whole of their lives protected by large Slug Rings or large Slug Rows. Cut away overhanging leaves to prevent bridges in for slugs and snails
Tomatoes, Peppers, and Chillies
The young plants get protected by small Slug Rings. The older plants don't need protecting but we leave the rings in place as the fruits, particularly peppers, seem to be a favourite with snails.
