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The Snail Lover's Society

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Growing very quickly now, you wouldn’t want them on your lettuce plants!
    for scale, that’s a coffee jar lid. I can hear them munching away, very contented. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Are they as varied as they look in the photo? Some seem to have a grey body and some are much paler.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes they are different , 3 are brown, 2 are white. Creamy colour. 
    i think they would probably be big enough to mate now, must watch out for eggs, can’t be doing with that, my daughter felt sorry for them and kept them! 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Interesting. Are those natural colours or are they albino/leucistic?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t know,  if they lay eggs, would you like a few? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Another food "like" for my 3 T's - they had a go at some young Beetroot leaves but they seem not to be eating very much these days.
    Still eating the cucumber but to my dismay, they appeared to prefer the shop bought rather than mine ( Burpless Tasty Green this year ).
    Growing well tho and enjoying life  :):)
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I had hoped this would be a better photo but it was getting too dark and the little girdled snail wasn't being very adventurous.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    This is the only one permissible in my garden,it's stone! The others because of the showers have ruined everything,chomped through the dahlia stems,just as they were about to flower,my beautiful Helenium,over 2mt tall,flowers gone!!
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’m not sure if these two are up to naughties or not! 


    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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