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Quartzite grit deters slugs and snails?
paulwmiley
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Hi. I'm new here.
We have a small garden with quite a few potted plants. In the evenings I usually pop out to pick slugs and snails off the plants/pots. I hate killing anything so I don't use pellets. However, I potted up a dwarf palm recently plus I repotted some healthy looking nemesias that had somehow overwintered. On top of the fresh compost for each pot I added a layer of RHS Horticultural lime free and washed quartzite grit. So far (touch wood) over the last three weeks I haven't found any slugs/snails on these pots. Is this just luck or coincidence do you think?
Regards
Paul
We have a small garden with quite a few potted plants. In the evenings I usually pop out to pick slugs and snails off the plants/pots. I hate killing anything so I don't use pellets. However, I potted up a dwarf palm recently plus I repotted some healthy looking nemesias that had somehow overwintered. On top of the fresh compost for each pot I added a layer of RHS Horticultural lime free and washed quartzite grit. So far (touch wood) over the last three weeks I haven't found any slugs/snails on these pots. Is this just luck or coincidence do you think?
Regards
Paul
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I probably should have said that there's a long discussion on the various methods of defeating our molluscan friends going on here.