On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 08:46:21 +0000, Lee-Ann
wrote:

i have the most dreadful snail problem. They are eating my basil,
geranium, carrots, lettuce, spinach and marigolds. My local nursery
recommended tobacco dust, which I have sprinkled but they just seem to
try and find a way around it - it's driving me crazy. Any suggestions
would be most appreciated.

I don't know if it's available in the UK, but I've used Sluggo,
an iron phosphate based product, against slugs and it's
worked very well.

Here's a site with some information, but you can google up
plenty of others.

http://www.pestproducts.com/sluggo.htm


Penelope