How to manage slug infestations in poinsettia production

Added on 25 November 2024

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How to manage slug infestations in poinsettia production

Silvery slime trails on poinsettia bracts, translucent to white eggs clusters on the root ball, and slugs hiding beneath a poinsettia container and around the drainage holes. | W. Garrett Owen, OSU

In greenhouse environments with plants grown at ground level, paired with moist and humid environmental conditions, slugs can become a common pest.

This can be a particularly common and challenging occurrence in poinsettia production, especially when such growing conditions “combined with the dense canopy of poinsettias, create an ideal habitat for slugs to thrive.”