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Slugs eat vegetables; lettuce leaves, carrots, and other soft vegetables. That is why farmers hate slugs.

Slugs feed on vegetation of all kinds: plant leaves, fruits, vegetables, fungus (such as mushrooms), and decaying plant material. Slugs have file-like mouths which make uneven holes on plant leaves and stems, causing stress on the plant and/or killing the plant over time.

Although they prefer to munch at night, slugs do not "leave without a trace." Rather, they leave behind holes on plants and shiny trails of slime.

To kill slugs: keep the garden well-managed (pull weeds, rake leaves, cut grass, prune shrubbery), setting out chemical deterrents that cause the slugs to dry up (such as diatomaceous earth, lime, and sawdust, not salt), and trapping the slugs in beer cans submerged in the soil.

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