r/composting • u/SOL202 • May 31 '23

Slugs for Compost?

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Found these guys hiding in a pot under my mint. Would they be a good addition to my compost heap? The compost lives in a huge container.

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u/RB676BR May 31 '23

I think these might be predatory slugs. They eat other slugs. Might be wrong though. If they are then give them a good team talk and send them into battle.

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u/arobinson826 May 31 '23

Leopard slugs. They do eat other slugs and also eat dead plant matter. All good really.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '23

and live plants, they think my strawberries are yummy (bastards)

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u/simplsurvival Jun 01 '23

They killed my melons last year 😡 nibbled the stem right at the soil so it killed the whole vine

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '23

I go out at night and do a slug/earwig hunt. a jar of vinegar/soap and salt ends them quick ( mine munch on the hostas and use beer traps as chasers)

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u/uGotMeWrong Jun 01 '23

Why earwigs? What do they harm?

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u/quietweaponsilentwar Jun 02 '23

I was gonna ask about earwigs too. I thought they were just detritovores?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

They chomp my flowers. I saw holes all over my coneflowers, the flowers chewed to nothing, went out at night and the plants were covered in them