Bayer Garden's Slug Bait (350g) controls slugs in all edible & non-edible crops. ideal to be used when growing fruit & vegetables & suitable for organic gardening. Bayer Garden Slug Bait provides effective, long lasting slug control. It contains ferric (iron) phosphate which occurs naturally in the environment. Slug Bait can be applied to edible crops up to the day of harvest. After controlling slugs the product biodegrades into iron & phosphate enriching the soil around your plants. Slugs are attracted away from plants to feed on the bait. They cease feeding immediately & disappear underground to die without leaving any slime secretion or the need to collect & dispose of bodies. Slug bait is rainfast & non-toxic for hedgehogs & earthworms. Always read the label, use pesticides safely. Bayer Garden Slug Bait contains ferric phosphate as a granular bait formulation.