Thursday, November 24, 2011

My garden is full of slug and snail and unable to get rid of them?

I have used many insecticides to kill the snail but find it useless, what can i do?|||The biggest reason you get them is the soil is too wet. If it's clay, add sand to it. Always water in the morning, because they are most active at night and like it damp. If you water in the morning things can dry by nightfall. Raised beds can help keep the soil from staying too wet.





Beer attracts them, so bury a shallow container with just the mouth slightly above the soil line and they will fall in and drown. (is this the orgin of the phrase "slug fest"?)





Diatamaceous earth is good. It's the little skeletons of diatoms, and they are sharp...at least to slugs and snails. Absolutely harmless to people unless you breath it or get it in your eyes. Kinda pricey, but better than insecticides. Works best when dry.|||try and get you hands on cooks slug and snail granules. If you have kids and pets you might might to try a product called sluggo. hope this works out for you|||spray plants with mixture of ammonia and water; some have set out bowls of beer for snails (it seems to attract them and they drown in it).|||put salt|||I use the snail bait from gardens alive and it works wonders.


Also safe around kids and pets:


www.gardensalive.com


put "snail bait" in the search box and it comes right up|||Check out:


http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/slugs-a鈥?/a>





It lists 10 ways to control (not rid) slugs and snails.





The interesting thing about these pests is that their life cycle is super long...four years. Learn to disrupt their life cycle and the long term effect is significant.

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