{"id":124814,"date":"2022-03-04T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pests-gardeners-need-to-rethink-how-they-view-slugs-snails-and-greenfly-andrew-salisbury\/"},"modified":"2022-03-04T18:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T11:07:00","slug":"pests-gardeners-need-to-rethink-how-they-view-slugs-snails-and-greenfly-andrew-salisbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pests-gardeners-need-to-rethink-how-they-view-slugs-snails-and-greenfly-andrew-salisbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Pests? Gardeners need to rethink how they view slugs, snails and greenfly | Andrew Salisbury"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith biodiversity in crisis, perhaps we should focus on the good these creatures do in our gardensSlugs and snails have a bad reputation. In six of the past 10 years, they have been the most complained-about garden visitor at the Royal Horticultural Society, where I lead the team advising on and researching garden animals. But it\u2019s high time we started to better understand them and the many other garden visitors that have been branded persona non grata, and the important role they all play in planet-friendly gardening and maintaining a healthy ecosystem.So misunderstood are slugs and snails that we don\u2019t even know how many species there are in the UK \u2013 the last survey was completed 80 years ago \u2013 let alone what their preferred meal is. Of those species we know about, only nine of the 44 \u2013 that\u2019s a fifth \u2013 are likely to be nibbling holes in your hosta, latching on to lettuce or burrowing into a potato.Dr Andrew Salisbury is principal entomologist at the Royal Horticultural Society Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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