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Snails’ sense of smell.

BenCotto · 2019-05-27 23:00:52

I had little luck with the petunia wave Blue Denim seeds which I sowed earlier in the year - only six germinated and so I was not happy when, while hardening them off, one was eaten by snails/slugs. The rest are now protected by copper bands placed around the plant pots which seem to be working. It doesn’t stop me doing…

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josusa47 Posts: 3,530

May 2019

When I was little I caught a newt and kept it as a pet in a tank. A man manning a wildlife stand at a country fair advised feeding it live mealworms. Never heard of them eating plants. Its name, you might like to know, was Kinka Newt. Geddit?

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