Today in the greenhouse, my seedlings of petunia and cosmos have been decimated by snails. Found 2 snails and disposed of them. Now trying surrounding seedlings with sand. Has anyone else tried this?
Don't think there's anything @Fairygirl hasn't tried in her snail wars. Think it's a matter of see what could work for you. I did read the other day that someone had success with a thin layer of vermiculite.
Poor you. I found one in a tulip at the weekend. And on the leaves of three different roses. There's nothing they won't slime over. I'm fed up with them!
They won’t cross a thick ring of pumice gravel. They hate the dry, rough texture and it’s the only thing that I found deters them 100% from munching young dahlia shoots in the ground.
Raising pots and trays in a larger tray filled with table salt works too. The raised bit is important, you don’t want the pots to draw up salt. In a tray it’s easier to dispose of the salt safely afterwards.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Objective testing by Which? Gardening researchers showed coffee grounds and crushed egg shells to be almost useless and copper tape not far behind. Wool pellets weren’t much good either.
Their best organic control was Slugs a Gogo sold by Sarah Raven. Westland Growing Success Organic Slug Stop Barrier Pellets was a close second. Strulch also did well.
We are often told that sharp gravel will stop them. A wildlife reserve that we visit has gravel paths and we always find snails and slugs happily crossing back and forwards.
I think it depends on a few variables with the snails and slugs. The ones here are mutant, they'll eat anything including the plants which they allegedly won't go near, and they'll happily bound over a pile of coffee grounds to get to a favourite plant. 😄
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Cambridgeshire/Norfolk border.
Your snails and slugs may be more resilient!!
And on the leaves of three different roses. There's nothing they won't slime over. I'm fed up with them!
Raising pots and trays in a larger tray filled with table salt works too. The raised bit is important, you don’t want the pots to draw up salt. In a tray it’s easier to dispose of the salt safely afterwards.
Their best organic control was Slugs a Gogo sold by Sarah Raven. Westland Growing Success Organic Slug Stop Barrier Pellets was a close second. Strulch also did well.
Trial and error is often the only way.