19-07-2010, 06:18 PM
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Yet another "get rid of snails" question
"gogo" wrote in message
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On 19/07/2010 06:24, Graham Harrison wrote:
"Mentalguy2k8" wrote in message
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Is there a humane way of doing this? Some sort of trap so the live
snails can be emptied a long way away?
My plants are being mutilated every night, I'm managing to catch the
ones still there during the day (one planter had 14 baby snails in
it!) but I reckon there's a battalion of them that come out after dark.
I really don't want to kill or hurt them so if I can "relocate" them
I'd be happy. Failing that, is there some sort of contraption to put
my pots and things on that they can't climb?
Nemaslug. http://www.nemasysinfo.com/slugs.shtml
Do you have experience using Nemaslug against snails? It's never been
quite clear to me if this is working or not, and at least one shop I found
is saying: "Kills slugs and nothing else (please note it does not control
snails)".
I've tried once without any success, but being in Scotland, I think the
soil temperature was a bit too low. I'm willing to try again if this could
work....
Philippe, Edinburgh
I understand it's only effective against slugs. I still find occasional
snails.
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