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About Slug Repellent. com

Robin creator of Slug repellent

Robin

As a passionate gardener and experimenter, I faced huge problems with slugs during my first two years of gardening.

Nothing (eggshells, ash, etc.) seemed to work…

Yet, if you believed the internet, all these solutions should have worked…

Faced with an obvious issue of misinformation, I decided to take action: I tested all the so-called “slug barriers” to get a clear idea of what actually works.

I filmed here my 13 tests (in French).

The results were very clear: nothing managed to effectively block the passage of slugs and snails, except:

– Water, provided trenches at least 5 cm deep and 10 cm wide are created;
– Copper, used vertically, with a height of at least 7 cm.

But the first barrier is difficult to set up, while the second is very expensive.

So, I decided to delve into the studies.

Eureka! Scientists have been working for decades with farmers in fields to help them sustainably solve the massive slug problems that devastate their crops.

I gathered all these studies, organized them into a coherent format, and developed an easy-to-implement action plan.

The goal: for every gardener to benefit from these little-known discoveries and to experience peace in their garden. The ability to watch their cabbages and salads grow without any hassle.

I turned it into a (digital) book, available for download (for a fee): you can find it here.

Trainings and Resources:

Trained in permaculture garden design through the UniversitĂ  dei ColibrĂŹ, I primarily base the sharing of my knowledge and explanations on the skills I have gained from key gardening and permaculture reference texts (an invaluable source of information). Here are some of my favorites:

  • “Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability” by David Holmgren
  • “Introduction to Permaculture” by Bill Mollison
  • Books by Didier Helmstetter: (“The Lazy Gardener’s Vegetable Patch”, “How to Succeed with the Lazy Gardener’s Vegetable Patch”)
  • Books by Gilles Domenech: (“Gardening on Living Soil”, “A Difficult Soil, So What?”)
  • “The Soil, the Earth, and the Fields” by Claude and Lydia Bourguignon
  • “Organic Vegetable Growing” by Denis La France
  • “The Market Gardener” by Jean-Martin Fortier
  • “Revolution in the Vegetable Garden” by Guylaine Goulfier
  • “The Agroecological Garden Manual” by Terre et Humanisme
    …and many other specialized texts for more specific topics. For example:
  • “Urine: Liquid Gold for the Garden” by Renaud de Looze
  • “Nettle Manure and Its Companions” by Bernard Bertrand, Eric Petiot, and Jean-Paul Collaert
  • “Shredded Branch Wood” by Gilles Domenech
    Etc.

Other Reliable Sources I Use:

Scientific Journals and Academic Articles
I also base most of my advice and explanations on reliable scientific sources:

Academic Institutions and Research Centers

  • INRAE (National Institute for Research on Agriculture, Food, and Environment):
    In France, INRAE is a key institution for the study of soil, agricultural ecosystems, and agroforestry.
  • FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization):
    The FAO publishes reports and guides on sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and soil.
  • CIRAD (Center for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research and Development):
    CIRAD conducts research on tropical agriculture and agroecological systems.
  • Rodale Institute (USA):
    A pioneer in regenerative and organic agriculture.

Databases and Technical Reports:

Testimonials from Gardeners

  • “Thank you so much for these 3 videos full of intelligence, humor, and creativity! An extraordinary job, the best I’ve found online in this field! It really helped me better understand slugs, and I even felt affection for them while watching them evolve during the tests 😁. Now I better understand the causes of their large numbers in my garden. It’s a vegetable garden started this year in the Monts d’ArrĂ©e, a very humid region. Until now, I’ve been relocating them.” – Christelle

–> And these vidĂ©os were really less dense than the new book 😉