Warmer Weather Brings Garden Slug Invasion

Warmer weather in the UK is set to bring an invasion of slugs to gardens, experts have warned.

Spring has been held back by the cold conditions but now longer days and rising temperatures are bringing out blooms, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said.

After last year's washout summer provided perfect conditions for slugs, there is also likely to be an unusually large number around this year according to RHS chief horticultural adviser Guy Barter.

He said: "Last year slugs had a field day. Slugs wander around on a trail of slime and can't stand dryness.

"It set in to rain last April and carried on raining throughout the breeding time for slugs."

As a result, slugs had a booming breeding year in 2012 and although they will have had a "thin time" of it in winter, when there is little to eat, many will still have survived.

Mr Barter added: "There were so many slugs, an unusually large number are bound to have survived."

Gardeners should expect to find the warmer weather brings out the slugs, along with the blooms, especially if it is a showery April.

The RHS recommends various ways of tackling the invasion, including using nematodes, microscopic worms which can be watered over the garden, infect the slugs and kill them.

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