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snail repellent
"John Savage" wrote in message
On the tv gardening program 'Vasilis Garden' on Ch 31 (a community tv channel here in Sydney), the host described how to make a snail repellent spray. He collected about 15 live snails, crushed them in a saucepan and added a litre of hot water. This was boiled for 10 minutes, allowed to cool and the liquid strained into a spray bottle. He then sprayed this liquid over the foliage of garden seedlings and on the outside of pots, anywhere that he wanted snails repelled from. I'm describing this in case someone with a snail problem cares to try it and can let the rest of us know whether it works. I'm skeptical but open minded. One final word: one of her good kitchen saucepans might not be the wisest choice... That's a completely new twist on an old recipe. Dunno if I like the sound of boiling the snails. The more usual way to make this spray for any insect pest is to collect the bug that is to be destroyed, to put it in her blender, add cold water then blend it and then to leave the resulant stew to ferment for a few days before straining and then using the strained juice on the plant which had the problem bug. |
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