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Why Slugs Target Certain Plants First and How to Stop Them

April 5, 2026 by Brandon Marcus Leave a Comment

Why Slugs Target Certain Plants First and How to Stop Them

A garden can look flawless one evening and completely ravaged by morning. Leaves that looked lush and healthy suddenly wear jagged holes, and tender seedlings vanish like they never existed. That kind of overnight destruction doesn’t happen by accident, and it doesn’t happen randomly either. Slugs don’t wander aimlessly through a garden. They make calculated…

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