As soon as hostas push their lush green leaf tips out of the ground, you should hurry, otherwise even the slowest slugs will be there faster than you'd like. The young leaves are a favorite food of slugs. Sprinkle slug pellets directly around the plants or along the edges of the beds. Ferramol from Neudorff is rainproof and harmless to other animals. The active ingredient in this product is iron phosphate compounds, which also occur naturally in the soil.
