Gardeners urged to use household item this autumn to tackle slugs and snails

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Autumn is upon us and gardeners across the UK are being urged to take action before the weather turns. This summer was a bit of a nightmare for horticulturalists with long periods of soaking wet rain making it difficult to grow anything.

Then there’s the threat of slugs and snails. The hungry molluscs will stop at nearly nothing to strip your garden of everything you lovingly planted, chewing through strawberries, raspberries, tomato plants, potato foliage and every type of flower in their quest to satisfy their seemingly unending hunger, the Express reports.

In recent months slug and snail populations have been much higher than normal, boosted by the gloomy and wet weather, but it's going to get even worse in September.

That's because as the weather turns wetter and the nights draw longer, slugs and snails will have optimum conditions to spread through your garden and what's worse, lay their eggs for next year. READ MORE: People urged to apply for DWP benefits around 880,000 are missing out on Throughout the autumn slugs will mate and lay eggs, resulting in even more slugs and snails next year.