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non-chemical snail deterrent?

MamaDepMamaDep
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I love how watering our lawn and plants makes them look, but MAN! Since we started back up last week the snails are OUT OF CONTROL!!!! They are sooo gross!?

Anyone know of any snail deterrents that are chemical free?

I've sprinkled salt around my plants (but it washes away after we water) and I've drowned them in a bucket of water and bleach (hundreds, I'm telling you. It was freaking NASTY), but they keep coming back.?

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  • danandkellydanandkelly
    I think sluggo is non chemical....I saw it the other day at CVS.
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  • SeasonalCookSeasonalCook
    Hmmmm, I recently read something about natural deterrents for snails, I think. Two of the things that were recoed were crushed egg shells and cayenne pepper. I think I read about it in the latest issue of Sunset (maybe).
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  • MamaDepMamaDep

    imageSeasonalCook:
    Hmmmm, I recently read something about natural deterrents for snails, I think. Two of the things that were recoed were crushed egg shells and cayenne pepper. I think I read about it in the latest issue of Sunset (maybe).

    Hmmm... maybe I'll start keeping my egg shells! I think I've read that too. But I'd need ALOT of egg shells to combat this snail problem! It's almost embarassing to have people come to my house!?

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  • dblhappinessdblhappiness
    I'm on my phone and can't Google but I want to say that bark helps keep them away (dehydrates them?). My sister mentioned they needed to do the same since they came out full force around their veggie garden.
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  • Smuches4uSmuches4u member

    A bowl about the size & height of a margarine tub, filled with about an inch of beer.  You can hide quite a few of these behind or underneath low-lying foliage.  They crawl in & don't crawl out.

    Then I'd try the egg shells to keep them at bay.

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  • kshs7073kshs7073
    we actually put a bowl of beer out for them.  im totally not sure how it works...but it works.  I think they might not like the smell??  Who knows.
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  • Smuches4uSmuches4u member

    From a google search - Copper bands around tree trunks will keep snails off by causing a small electric charge that deters them from crossing the band. Another snail deterrent is placing a band of fine sand about 1/4 inch high around the base of plants - snails do not like to cross sand.

     

    Another one from a gardening blog:  Coffee grounds is the remedy.

    "What's this you say? A snail after having tried to cross the coffee corridor! They cannot get through, for , as you might be able to see, their slimy undersides collect the fine grounds rendering them incapable of gliding, and more important, incapable of making it to my tender little bean plants"

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  • KellyMRocksKellyMRocks
    oh man, I love snails. This post makes me sad.
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  • MamaDepMamaDep

    imageKellyMRocks:
    oh man, I love snails. This post makes me sad.

    come and get them. I have no shortage! Maybe YOU are my non-chemical remedy! ?

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  • SweetiePSweetieP
    imageMamaDep:

    imageKellyMRocks:
    oh man, I love snails. This post makes me sad.

    come and get them. I have no shortage! Maybe YOU are my non-chemical remedy!  

      You can have mine too.  I "liked" them until they devoured my plants.
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  • SeasonalCookSeasonalCook
    imageSmuches4u:

    From a google search - Copper bands around tree trunks will keep snails off by causing a small electric charge that deters them from crossing the band. Another snail deterrent is placing a band of fine sand about 1/4 inch high around the base of plants - snails do not like to cross sand.

     

    Another one from a gardening blog:  Coffee grounds is the remedy.

    "What's this you say? A snail after having tried to cross the coffee corridor! They cannot get through, for , as you might be able to see, their slimy undersides collect the fine grounds rendering them incapable of gliding, and more important, incapable of making it to my tender little bean plants"

    That's right! I read about the copper too.

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  • ZeenerZeener
    We used Sluggo, but then a coworker (after we used it) mentioned that their dog got sick after they tried it. He suggested some beer in a pie tin.
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