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GoneButNotForgotten — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:13:18 GMT

SNAILS...I have SNAILS crawling around my yard!

You may ask, so what's the big deal? why are you getting so worked up?

The answer is that I hate snails and slugs and they're so nasty and disgusting and SLIMEY...and destructive.

I live in the northwest which is snail/slug central of North America. And oddly enough, we haven't had any infestations for years and I was hoping it was permanent. But no...recently I've found a few and ran shrieking into the house to tell my husband. He's going to buy some Sluggo and dispatch the little bastards before they can eat my plants and destroy all my hard work.

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Annabellethecat66 — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:26:44 GMT

Old time way is to put beer in a saucer near where they are. They'll be gone.

Also....go here!

https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+a+good+way+to+get+rid+of+snails&oq=what%27s+a+good+way+to+get+rid+of+snails&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l3j0i390l2.30098j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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Mz iMac — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:39:41 GMT

@GoneButNotForgotten What Annabellethecat fonted must be true because that is what my parents did for their garden year after year. So it must work.

My father drank Ballantine beer. So that is what they used.

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fthunt — Wed, 26 May 2021 16:55:37 GMT

Apparently I used the wrong flavor of beer..............I'm a SLUG BEGONE type - bury around the roots of plant. You don't have to go find them............

They travel at a ..........snail's pace

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mspatmac — Wed, 26 May 2021 17:27:37 GMT

I had them when I lived in CA and used beer also. Hated them and all their slimy trails.

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Glittergal — Wed, 26 May 2021 17:44:20 GMT

The problem is that Sluggo is toxic and can negatively effect the ecosystem. The slugs will be eaten by birds, frogs, etc. and they will be poisoned too. It's also unsafe for pets like cats and dogs.

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CritterKeeper — Wed, 26 May 2021 18:04:18 GMT

We have slugs the size of a garden hose where I'm at. Honestly, we've just gotten used to them. I NEVER walk in my bare feet in my yard at night or early in the morning. (Have you ever got that slug goop on your feet? Impossible to remove! :-P ).

We have slug trails on everything. If they start to dine on my hostas, I will put slug bait out but only when necessary.

BTW, the beer trick never worked for us. I guess the slugs prefer wine to beer. Sorry, I don't share my wine! :-)

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Dear libby — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:04:59 GMT

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MildredM — Wed, 26 May 2021 19:20:46 GMT

They pay a lot of money for these in France as they eat them and supplies are running short. I always found some humor in this.

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FastDogWalker2 — Thu, 27 May 2021 17:57:37 GMT

@Dear libbyI live in fear of finding this in my pool or skimmer - yuck! How did you get it out?

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Dear libby — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:05:54 GMT

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pattypeep — Fri, 28 May 2021 18:03:25 GMT

@Glittergal True. I give the snails my size 9 foot ~ works every time. Salt works on the slugs.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:46:09 GMT

@MildredM wrote:
They pay a lot of money for these in France as they eat them and supplies are running short. I always found some humor in this.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:49:49 GMT

@pattypeep wrote:
@Glittergal True. I give the snails my size 9 foot ~ works every time. Salt works on the slugs.

eeeeeeeeeeeeek! doesn't the crunch make you sick?

Speaking of slugs and salt, there's a cartoon from a famous cartoonist (so of couse I can't remember his name) of an empty car at the edge of The Great Salt Lake and the caption is, "Another disasterous slug vacation"

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gardenman — Fri, 28 May 2021 21:02:54 GMT

Slugs prefer dead and dying stuff over healthy plants, so when I pull weeds I leave them near my more slug-prone plants. The slugs eat up the weeds and leave my better plants alone. I don't know if I've trained the slugs to eat weeds, or if the slugs have trained me to feed them weeds, but it works for me. The garden can look a tick messier, but my plants are happy, the slugs are happy, and I'm happy.

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Glittergal — Sat, 29 May 2021 01:40:32 GMT

I think that is awful honestly.

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Harpa — Sat, 29 May 2021 12:07:29 GMT

Put out a toad home. Don't they eat those?

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sat, 29 May 2021 12:18:24 GMT

@gardenman wrote:
Slugs prefer dead and dying stuff over healthy plants, so when I pull weeds I leave them near my more slug-prone plants. The slugs eat up the weeds and leave my better plants alone. I don't know if I've trained the slugs to eat weeds, or if the slugs have trained me to feed them weeds, but it works for me. The garden can look a tick messier, but my plants are happy, the slugs are happy, and I'm happy.

^^^^. This. Some people think my garden is "shaggy" but that is precisely what keeps it healthy and thriving. Nature does not exist in a manicured vacuum.

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silkyk — Sat, 29 May 2021 16:15:24 GMT

This works. A few years ago I sounded JUST like you....snails had overtaken my deck and eating all my beautiful plants almost overnight. I found this in an old gardening book. Get yourself a bunch of rolls of pennies and sprinkle them all around where the snails are. At first I didn't notice anything but gradually (added more pennies when I though of it) they split! Now a few years later NO SNAILS at all on deck! It's amazing! GONE! They totally avoid the area and the pennies look real pretty at first, all shiney, then fade and you don't notice them. This is one of those problems that if you throw money at it....it WORKS! (and cheap). One of the best gardening tips I ever got. Good luck!

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JustJazzmom — Sat, 29 May 2021 17:32:07 GMT

Probably need the wheat plant pennies as they contain more copper than the newer pennies.