Cultural Controls

• 1). Remove any surface debris from the garden so that the slugs don't have anywhere to hide. Avoid using mulches like straw and pine bark in your garden.
  
  
• 2). Water with a soaker hose to keep the humidity at a minimum. If you must water from above the plants, do it early in the day so that the plants and leaves have time to dry out before nighttime, when slugs are most active.
  
  
• 3). Prune plants, use trellises and space new plantings far apart to help increase air movement and keep the garden surface dry and warm to discourage slugs.
  
  

Setting Beer Traps

• 1). Dig small trenches that are the size of the pie pans or shallow containers you plan to use. Place the trenches every 2 or 3 feet throughout the garden.
  
  
• 2). Place the containers in the trenches so that they are even with the soil surface.
  
  
• 3). Fill the containers with beer.
  
  
• 4). Check the traps every day or two, removing any drowned slugs and adding more beer when necessary.