Who's eating my plants?

.....and snail and caterpillar

 

Ok, finally. No caterpillar, but slugs.
Beer traps don't work as expected. They catch slugs but not enough.

What strategy can I use? Any spray or pellets?

 

Best strategy is to go out there tonight with a torch and salt solution and pick off the slugs. I find a couple of night time visits does the trick pilotax.
Pellets are effective but use them sparingly. As little as half a dozen pellets placed around is enough. Too many and too many slugs are attracted

 

Thanks....can I ask why pellet should be use sparingly? Are they a repellent or not?
I need to cover now 3 beds, sized 1.3mt*5mt. I was already looking to buy 10 kg of pellets!

I've read also iron phosphate act as repellent...any comment? (Maybe it's included in the pellet formulation)

 

I hardly use any sort of pellets pilotax preferring the torch and salt method but too many pellets attracts large numbers of slugs to botb pellets and plants.

Scattering just a few pellets is enough to kill slugs locally. Try it for yourself.

10 kg ???

The usual slig pellets are based on metaldehyde. There are other types but I have not used them. When I have used pellets I cover them with slate or similar to protect against birdS or animals accessing them

Best to use pellets on damp but not wet nights. Slugs recover if it rains. Likewise pellets need to be replaced after heavy rain.

I remember calling on someone whose front wall was blue from the masses of pellets used there yet any plants were almost entirely eaten to the ground.