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| country lawyer |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 08:16:04 AM
Do any of you Farmgirls have problems with snails in your gardens? Have you discovered an "organic" method for dealing with them?
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| wannab |
Posted - Mar 15 2009 : 06:37:36 AM
I have heard (not tried yet) if you can copper pennies around the plants base. When the snail touch them it kills them. Something about the copper and moisture gives them a good jolt. Probly need older pennies so they'll have enough copper in them. Let me know if this works.
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| abigailc1973 |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 1:09:53 PM
I've had excellent results with the home made beer traps. I really couldn't believe how many there were out there when I emptied them. Good Luck. |
| Sagewood |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 12:42:22 PM
Come to think of it..Beer is pretty 'natural' as it's ingredients are 'barley, water and yeast'...personally..I don't care for it, but the snails love it.
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 10:15:02 AM
Well if they are big enough, I saw an episode where Chef Gordon Ramsey paid his kids to collect all his garden snails, then he kept them in a jar and fed them and organic diet for 10 days then he boiled them and ate them!
Alee
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| Mumof3 |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 09:19:21 AM
Chickens!! And if not chickens, the diatomaceous earth is the next best thing. Food grade is best so that you don't introduce unwanted chemicals. Of course, beer works, but I never buy it. :)
Karin
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 08:48:27 AM
Diotamachious (?) earth or oyster shell powder. Chichens and guinneas are great. I hardly ever see snails or slugs in my veggie gardens. Just around the rocks in the flower borders.
Kris
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| Sagewood |
Posted - Mar 11 2009 : 08:32:22 AM
Not sure if it's 'organic' but BEER ! Put a small flatish bowl of beer in the garden. They are attracted to it..and will go to it and ..sadly drown in the booze.
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