Daniel Glazer wrote:
someone here (and another acquaintance) mentioned some trick involving beer
to rid one's tomatores of snails. how does it work? something bout putting
out beer in a way so they can get in (maybe into the can of beer) but not
out?


The beer attracts slugs and snails. You're supposed to put it in a low
edged container and the buggers crawl into the beer and drown. It works
but it's messy and fairly labour intensive and is only good for a
limited area. I've had more success with simply mulching around the
tomatoes.

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Zone 5a in Canada's Far East.