Snails

[brewis]

How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small ones with
shells )....any ideas

Thanks

[clouddreamer]

Post by brewis
How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small ones with
shells )....any ideas
Thanks

Snails won't slither over anything that is rough because it tears up
their bellies. Small chip mulch is perfect. Just put a thick layer
around your plants.

I also use raised beds for my gardens and the snails don't like climbing
the rough wood.

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[brewis]

Post by clouddreamer

Post by brewis
How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small ones with
shells )....any ideas
Thanks

Snails won't slither over anything that is rough because it tears up
their bellies. Small chip mulch is perfect. Just put a thick layer
around your plants.
I also use raised beds for my gardens and the snails don't like climbing
the rough wood.
..

thanks for your response...it's my daughter's home and they are stuck on
the side of the house, around the grounds, in the trees...and she's not
much good with bugs....so I'd like to get rid of them for her ( if I can )

Thanks

[Todd]

Use a hammer...it makes a cool crunchy noise. But beware of snail
juice as it squirts out.

Or she could take pictures of them...they are quite cool looking close
up.

Post by brewis
How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small ones with
shells )....any ideas
Thanks

Snails won't slither over anything that is rough because it tears up their
bellies. Small chip mulch is perfect. Just put a thick layer around your
plants.
I also use raised beds for my gardens and the snails don't like climbing
the rough wood.
..

thanks for your response...it's my daughter's home and they are stuck on the
side of the house, around the grounds, in the trees...and she's not much good
with bugs....so I'd like to get rid of them for her ( if I can )
Thanks

[clouddreamer]

Post by brewis

Post by clouddreamer

Post by brewis
How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small ones with
shells )....any ideas
Thanks

Snails won't slither over anything that is rough because it tears up
their bellies. Small chip mulch is perfect. Just put a thick layer
around your plants.
I also use raised beds for my gardens and the snails don't like
climbing the rough wood.
..

thanks for your response...it's my daughter's home and they are stuck on
the side of the house, around the grounds, in the trees...and she's not
much good with bugs....so I'd like to get rid of them for her ( if I can )
Thanks

Ah...it's not a vegetable garden but the whole yard? That's a little
different.

Is the grass long? Is there a lot of wood, bricks, rock and other items
that the snails can hide under when it gets warm? Are any of her plants
attractive to snails? Are the plants she has providing them with cover?
Is there a little mulch under those plants? (They'll use the edge of a
light coating of mulch to hide - in a vegetable garden, a wide swatch of
thick mulch would dissuade them from crossing to the vegetables).

Cut the grass short, remove all places the snails can hide in, remove or
cut back plants they can hide under, plant flowers/plants the snails
don't like (google for lists of anti-snail/slug plants) and put up a
bird feeder to attract birds.

Try that and see how that works.

:]

[Monk]

sand or sawdust around keeps them from going over it
or get SNAIL BAIT at local hardware store.

I would like to sell mine to Woodstock Colonial Inn

Escargot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in Garlic Butter mmm good !

Post by brewis
How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small
ones with shells )....any ideas
Thanks

[Jeff]

Honestly, I've tried it all and in my garden they just crawl right on over
it. They actually seem to like the crushed egg shells that I tried one
year. I think they were eating the protein that was left on the shells.
I've learned to accept them as part of the charm of the garden.

Post by Monk
sand or sawdust around keeps them from going over it
or get SNAIL BAIT at local hardware store.
I would like to sell mine to Woodstock Colonial Inn
Escargot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in Garlic Butter mmm good !

Post by brewis
How do you get rid of snails from your garden ( the small
ones with shells )....any ideas
Thanks