Heeeellllp!

 
_BACKGROUND..._

I have a mini 4-tier plastic covered greenhouse... The plastics got
damaged... but I hate the greenhouse anyway because the last couple of
years, it has let in those slimy little monsters (slugs / snails) - no
matter how much repellent/killer I put down.

I'm growing in my parents garden, so there is only one place I can put
the greenhouse, and that is next to the fence... so I'm not really
surprised that the beasts can get in...

If I had something on a lower level, I think I could pretty much store
it anywhere... but I want something that'll protect my plants... and I
think I've actually gone a little paranoid.

Last year, I bought and tried out the smallest piece of Shocka Mat -
it's brilliant, so I will be putting this underneath any plants I grow
(it means that my guinea pigs can run anywhere they want in the garden
without risk of getting poisoned etc)

_THE_QUESTION_

What do you recommend as the safest method of protecting my plants
against slug/snails, where my plants can be kept warm?

I've looked into other style greenhouses, including blow-up ones,
temporary ones, pop up ones, clotch tunnel thingies... other mini
greenhouses...

But maybe I'm just paranoid?

Let me know your thoughts, ANY comments will be helpful (even if you
want to laugh at me and call me stupid... but the first yr I tried
gardening, we had a huge infestation of those 'slimers', and they
damaged/ate EVERYTHING, literally [including onions? They left those
till last?])




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K8eP

 
Yes your paranoid, snails are the least of a gardeners problem.
Get a product called "Sluggo" for those pesky snails.

http://www.pestproducts.com/sluggo.htm

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Enjoy Life... Nad R  (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

 
hmm... okay - Thanks for your feedback
I will be using the Shocka Mat... (I do have some poisonous pellets
still in my shed)

But since I have to get something new anyway... is there anything you
would recommend?




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K8eP

 

The active ingredient in "Sluggo" is ferric phosphate, a.k.a. iron
phosphate. It is only poisonous to gastropods, not mammals, for whom it
is a nutrient. Other producers make snail bait using "iron phosphate" so
check labels when looking at snail baits, or ask for "iron phosphate"
snail bait.

<http://www.plantea.com/slug-baits-coffee.htm>
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- Billy
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the
poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara
http://peace.mennolink.org/articles/israelpeacegroups.html
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/01/20111812130964689.html

 K8eP wrote:

Pet duck.