What are this year's solutions to the snail problem? They're eating
my wife's plantings before they can take root. She has tried Seven.
TKS for any help,
Scot
FL zone 8

On Tue, 02 May 2006 23:47:42 -0400, Scot McCall
wrote:

What are this year's solutions to the snail problem? They're eating
my wife's plantings before they can take root. She has tried Seven.
TKS for any help,

This year's? Are you looking for something newer than Sluggo or
Escar-go? They have both worked well for me.

Of course, the old reliable beer cup always works, but it can be a bit
messy. You can also set boards in the garden at night, and kill all
the slugs that hide under them the next day.


Penelope
--
"Maybe you'd like to ask the Wizard for a heart."
"ElissaAnn"

On Wed, 03 May 2006 12:57:56 -0400, Penelope Periwinkle
wrote:

On Tue, 02 May 2006 23:47:42 -0400, Scot McCall
wrote:

What are this year's solutions to the snail problem?...

This year's? Are you looking for something newer than Sluggo or
Escar-go? They have both worked well for me.

Of course, the old reliable beer cup always works, but it can be a bit
messy. You can also set boards in the garden at night, and kill all
the slugs that hide under them the next day.


Penelope

Thanks, Penelope. The Board idea is new to me. We'll try it!

Scot McCall wrote:

What are this year's solutions to the snail problem? They're eating
my wife's plantings before they can take root. She has tried Seven.
TKS for any help,
Scot
FL zone 8


I don't have a problem with snails but rather slugs. So, I built raised
beds made from rough 4x4s - the slugs won't crawl over them because the
rough lumber tears up their soft bellies and they can't get under them.
Once I removed those that were trapped inside, I didn't have a problem.

Mulch is also a great barrier for them. I was having a problem with the
slugs munching on my flowers, but once I put the mulch down, the flowers
thrived. I just use regular pine bark mulch.

And, of course, there's DE, but that washes away. The mulch was a much
better long term solution.

..

Zone 5a in Canada's Far East.

On Wed, 03 May 2006 14:48:51 -0230, cloud dreamer
wrote:

Scot McCall wrote:

What are this year's solutions to the snail problem?


I don't have a problem with snails but rather slugs. So, I built raised
beds made from rough 4x4s - the slugs won't crawl over them because the
rough lumber tears up their soft bellies and they can't get under them.
Once I removed those that were trapped inside, I didn't have a problem.

Mulch is also a great barrier for them. I was having a problem with the
slugs munching on my flowers, but once I put the mulch down, the flowers
thrived. I just use regular pine bark mulch.

And, of course, there's DE, but that washes away. The mulch was a much
better long term solution.

..

Zone 5a in Canada's Far East.

The rough surfaces idea opens up some solutions. TKS.

Scot McCall wrote:
On Wed, 03 May 2006 14:48:51 -0230, cloud dreamer
wrote:


Scot McCall wrote:


What are this year's solutions to the snail problem?


I don't have a problem with snails but rather slugs. So, I built raised
beds made from rough 4x4s - the slugs won't crawl over them because the
rough lumber tears up their soft bellies and they can't get under them.
Once I removed those that were trapped inside, I didn't have a problem.

Mulch is also a great barrier for them. I was having a problem with the
slugs munching on my flowers, but once I put the mulch down, the flowers
thrived. I just use regular pine bark mulch.

And, of course, there's DE, but that washes away. The mulch was a much
better long term solution.

..

Zone 5a in Canada's Far East.


The rough surfaces idea opens up some solutions. TKS.



I just noticed that Lee Valley carries copper meshing 5 inches wide and
a hundred feet long for $30 CDN. Slugs and snails won't cross copper, so
if the area is manageable, you can surround it with the copper.

..

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cloud dreamer wrote:

Scot McCall wrote:
On Wed, 03 May 2006 14:48:51 -0230, cloud dreamer
wrote:

I just noticed that Lee Valley carries copper meshing 5 inches wide and
a hundred feet long for $30 CDN. Slugs and snails won't cross copper, so
if the area is manageable, you can surround it with the copper.


Does anyone know if copper strips or meshes still repel snails and slugs
once the copper becomes tarnished?...which won't be long after
installation.
--
SteveO
I don't brake for FEMA.

The Guy wrote:

In article ,
cloud dreamer wrote:


Scot McCall wrote:

On Wed, 03 May 2006 14:48:51 -0230, cloud dreamer
wrote:


I just noticed that Lee Valley carries copper meshing 5 inches wide and
a hundred feet long for $30 CDN. Slugs and snails won't cross copper, so
if the area is manageable, you can surround it with the copper.



Does anyone know if copper strips or meshes still repel snails and slugs
once the copper becomes tarnished?...which won't be long after
installation.


From what I've read, it won't be as effective. Would you not be able to
get at least a season out of the mesh before it starts to tarnish? That
way, you need only clean it with regular tarnish removers every fall,
and reinstall in the Spring. Also, olive oil helps retard the tarnish,
so that would extend its life each season.

I've never used copper mesh myself. I've had great success with the
rough lumber and mulch. I'd be curious to hear of people's experiences
with copper.

..

I mulched with cocoa hulls this year and did not see one snail/slug.
Sluggo is safe around animals and is a great product. Also adds iron back
into the soil.
"Scot McCall" wrote in message
...
What are this year's solutions to the snail problem? They're eating
my wife's plantings before they can take root. She has tried Seven.
TKS for any help,
Scot
FL zone 8

Likewise we have problems with slugs (mainly) and snails.

We bought several dustbins for growing potatoes in and had the lids
spare. Have left these on the ground.

Every now and then we light the brazier and go around lifting the
lids. Clearing our loadds of the pests and burning them now.