Posted by Mentalguy2k8 on August 23, 2010, 10:10 am
I've had enough of getting up every morning to find big holes in all my
plants... I've tried rounding the snails up at midnight by torchlight,
dumping them a few hundred yards away but I've just noticed a couple of my
plants have literally dozens of tiny baby snails stuck all over them, and
I've had enough. It's them or me!!
I've put my humane compassion aside & put down some of the metaldehyde
pellets in the obvious places, taking care to cover them or put them in
inaccessible (for pets) places like down the side of the shed and
underneath, and in all the potted plants that are off the ground.
Question is, does anyone have any experience with dogs or cats sniffing them
out and eating them? I don't think my dog (and the neighbourhood cats) can
get to them, but would an animal work hard to get at them? I get the feeling
I'm going to need another application within a week or two, but I don't want
to risk putting them in the best places if the stupid dog is going to eat
them.
Posted by mogga on August 23, 2010, 10:56 am
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:10:31 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
>I've had enough of getting up every morning to find big holes in all my
>plants... I've tried rounding the snails up at midnight by torchlight,
>dumping them a few hundred yards away but I've just noticed a couple of my
>plants have literally dozens of tiny baby snails stuck all over them, and
>I've had enough. It's them or me!!
>I've put my humane compassion aside & put down some of the metaldehyde
>pellets in the obvious places, taking care to cover them or put them in
>inaccessible (for pets) places like down the side of the shed and
>underneath, and in all the potted plants that are off the ground.
>Question is, does anyone have any experience with dogs or cats sniffing them
>out and eating them? I don't think my dog (and the neighbourhood cats) can
>get to them, but would an animal work hard to get at them? I get the feeling
>I'm going to need another application within a week or two, but I don't want
>to risk putting them in the best places if the stupid dog is going to eat
>them.
Get some nematodes.
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Posted by Mentalguy2k8 on August 23, 2010, 11:20 am
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:10:31 +0100, "Mentalguy2k8"
>>I've had enough of getting up every morning to find big holes in all my
>>plants... I've tried rounding the snails up at midnight by torchlight,
>>dumping them a few hundred yards away but I've just noticed a couple of my
>>plants have literally dozens of tiny baby snails stuck all over them, and
>>I've had enough. It's them or me!!
>>
>>I've put my humane compassion aside & put down some of the metaldehyde
>>pellets in the obvious places, taking care to cover them or put them in
>>inaccessible (for pets) places like down the side of the shed and
>>underneath, and in all the potted plants that are off the ground.
>>
>>Question is, does anyone have any experience with dogs or cats sniffing
>>them
>>out and eating them? I don't think my dog (and the neighbourhood cats) can
>>get to them, but would an animal work hard to get at them? I get the
>>feeling
>>I'm going to need another application within a week or two, but I don't
>>want
>>to risk putting them in the best places if the stupid dog is going to eat
>>them.
> Get some nematodes.
How effective are they against snails? I was under the impression they only
worked on slugs under the surface?
Posted by Bob Hobden on August 23, 2010, 3:22 pm
"Mentalguy2k8" wrote ...
> "mogga" wrote
>>
>>>I've had enough of getting up every morning to find big holes in all my
>>>plants... I've tried rounding the snails up at midnight by torchlight,
>>>dumping them a few hundred yards away but I've just noticed a couple of
>>>my
>>>plants have literally dozens of tiny baby snails stuck all over them, and
>>>I've had enough. It's them or me!!
>>>
>>>I've put my humane compassion aside & put down some of the metaldehyde
>>>pellets in the obvious places, taking care to cover them or put them in
>>>inaccessible (for pets) places like down the side of the shed and
>>>underneath, and in all the potted plants that are off the ground.
>>>
>>>Question is, does anyone have any experience with dogs or cats sniffing
>>>them
>>>out and eating them? I don't think my dog (and the neighbourhood cats)
>>>can
>>>get to them, but would an animal work hard to get at them? I get the
>>>feeling
>>>I'm going to need another application within a week or two, but I don't
>>>want
>>>to risk putting them in the best places if the stupid dog is going to eat
>>>them.
>>
>>
>> Get some nematodes.
> How effective are they against snails? I was under the impression they
> only worked on slugs under the surface?
They don't work on anything in my experience, expensive waste of money.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Posted by <vicky on August 23, 2010, 4:25 pm
>>> Get some nematodes.
>> How effective are they against snails? I was under the impression they
>> only worked on slugs under the surface?
> They don't work on anything in my experience, expensive waste of money.
We have a patch of strawberries that were nematoded and a patch that
weren't, and I can promise you that they make a huge difference.
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>plants... I've tried rounding the snails up at midnight by torchlight,
>dumping them a few hundred yards away but I've just noticed a couple of my
>plants have literally dozens of tiny baby snails stuck all over them, and
>I've had enough. It's them or me!!
>I've put my humane compassion aside & put down some of the metaldehyde
>pellets in the obvious places, taking care to cover them or put them in
>inaccessible (for pets) places like down the side of the shed and
>underneath, and in all the potted plants that are off the ground.
>Question is, does anyone have any experience with dogs or cats sniffing them
>out and eating them? I don't think my dog (and the neighbourhood cats) can
>get to them, but would an animal work hard to get at them? I get the feeling
>I'm going to need another application within a week or two, but I don't want
>to risk putting them in the best places if the stupid dog is going to eat
>them.