My cabbage patch has been attacked by snails. Any safe way to get rid of snails without the use of chemicals please

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Posted by col on September 4, 2007, 12:17 pm
 
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My cabbage patch has been attacked by snails. Any safe way to get rid
of them without the use of chemicals please.



Posted by len garden on September 4, 2007, 1:49 pm
 g'day col,

lots of things to try:

beer traps ie.,. an old can with some beer in the bottom attracts and
kills them.

evening or very all pre-dawn torch safari's and squish them or drop
them in boiling water.

lay old bits of pipe around or any sort of material that creates a
dark moist place for them to hide under then collect them from that
spot daily.

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Posted by Jonno on September 4, 2007, 4:44 pm
 G'day Col,
We used to employ a duck on very reasonable wages.
He could have all the snails he could find, and we could keep his eggs.
When the contract came up for renewal we doubled his wages and she
seemed very satisfied.
No chemicals to me sounds like an exercise in futility.
Defender or some such seems to do the job, with none in our
neighbourhood getting much older than the average age.
As far as using beer, no aussie I know of would even buy an enemy a beer.
As far as getting up with the snails, the duck would have no problems
doing that for me. It was a sad day when he disappeared
in to the oven.
Ah well his replacement is no wiser as he wanders the garden leaving his
calling cards. Best snail security I have ever had.
Best Regards Jonno


len garden wrote:


Posted by FarmI on September 5, 2007, 9:53 am
 
Or use vegemite or promite or any yeast based product.

Or Derris dust mixed up with Corn Flakes.



Posted by Jonno on September 5, 2007, 2:47 pm
 FarmI wrote:

Your breakfast time must be like the scene from romeo and juliet...