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get some Ducks they eat them all the time this is true but they crap all over your garden and it takes for ever to keep it clean the other way is eggshells or copper wire around your plants in the UK they are every where I cant do any of this so I throw them over the fence on to grass so i wont break their shell and one year i put nail varnish on their shells as I thought they were coming back yep most returned and some one did some research on this and its true they are homing snails! good luck in the control of your snails also you could put out some thing that really like and collect them and drive to the country and dump them there!

13 years ago. Rating: 5
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I am in the same boat, beer is the answer. The commercial products referred to as snail bait have arsenic in them which will kill any animal. Snails eat it, birds eat the snails and the birds die. Not a good solution as it has devistating effects on the ecology. This is very dangerous. If you have children or pets they can ingest the arsenic which is deadly.
Going green and helping nature is the best way.

13 years ago. Rating: 4
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from all the rain and moisture

13 years ago. Rating: 3
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Diatomaceous earth (from the bottom of the ocean and made up of small pieces of shells etc.) spread around the plants, pieces of copper placed around the plants, beer put in saucer or small containers or even cans placed in holes dug in the ground around the plants all work - I can testify to that. The beer is the cheapest method but is messy and you need to dump out the beer and slug/snail bodies every couple of days and refresh. Also there is a commercially produced pellet that will destroy the little buggers quite effectively.

Snail and slugs live in damp and wet areas of gardens. The love to chew holes in plant leaves and usually come out and feed at night.

I have extensive shade gardens around my house and spend an enormous amount of time battling slugs every summer.

Good luck.

13 years ago. Rating: 3
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You could try putting sawdust around the plants. Snails hate it, it cuts and scratches them.

13 years ago. Rating: 2
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