Getting Rid Of Snails ?
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kaloconnection
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Put a copper wire or band around your pot and they will not cross it.
Miko2
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lol it's true
Garden Boss
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Don't kill the snails, they were there first!...blah blah blah
*insert dumbass tree hugger line here*
*insert dumbass tree hugger line here*
FresnoFarmer
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Salt is not good for the soil. Copper tape or ring much better. Or just build a moat with constant boiling water or lots of toads.
kaloconnection
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Too much salt in your soil will cause more plant problems than snails.But isn't salt an easier solution ? it's in the kitchen
LIBERTYCHICKEN
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Snails and slugs can and usually will cross a thin copper barrier (1"-2"), so wire is unlikely
When useing copper make sure to keep it brite and clean , with nothing touching the plants so they cant make their way around the copper
Slugo works well to it constipates them to death
tassie toker
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sand will do same thing as salt but sand must be dry,
FresnoFarmer
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Snails or slugs will arch over copper wire. You want a thick barrier. I dont have to deal with snails or slugs though. I literally haven't seen a snail or slug in over a year. Just frogs and lizards everywhere keeping grasshoppers and moths away from the crops.
Miko2
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Yes that's why I'm talking about salting it first..
Miko2
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The whole area is sandy anyways.. hmm
Miko2
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maybe if I make the salt ring around the plant far away from the plant.. so when the plant is water, the water doesn't get to the salt... I think that's the best that can be done here ?
Blackvalor
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If salt gets down into your roots your plant will be dead. No ifs ands or buts. I've had first hand experience with it.
The best advice here is using beer as bait. They will crawl in, get drunk and die.
The best advice here is using beer as bait. They will crawl in, get drunk and die.
mwooten102
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Put out a pie tin with 3/4" of beer. They love it, they'll drown.
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veggiegardener
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Deadline is the BOMB. The snails in my yard have certain areas that they prefer. A couple times a year I surround them with a thin line of Deadline. The following morning it looks like Normandy beach the morning after D-day.
Miko2
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but this is good only for maybe 1 day.. the alcohol disappears
Miko2
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u serious ?
I actually have a bottle ready for battle,,