Snail eatin my herb

[loco90]

Hey How is everyone

 

I have a outdoor plant about now 1 month and a half, i just found two baby snail have have eaten some leaves on the plant, is there any other way beside snail pellets to kill em or some way get them off ur herbs?

 

[Gazza2001au]

lay garbage bags in strips around the plans base and sit the slug and snail pellets on this once the slugs are dead just remove the plastic the snails and slugs should be dead within 24 hours

[loco90]

how does leaves eaten by snail effect the plant? does it die or regrow the leaves and keep growing?

[loco90]

P.S thanks for the help

[Gazza2001au]

snails can be bastards if left eating away at your plants dont be supprised one day u walk out to only find a stick they will eat every leaf also the eat new growing plants that are small if you dont want to use any snail pellets try getting a torch and when its dark shine the torch on the soil and look for there tracks follow them once found kill them

[sir stonedalot]

train your dog to eat them

[Luke Skywalker]

btw, the Multiguard snail pellets are made with Iron EDTA as the active ingredient, and I can highly recommend them to people wanting a safe alternative to pesticide based pellets/treatments. This breaks down into a plant nutrient (it's the same stuff as you have in your A+B hydro nutes) and is harmless to people and pets. It's not a bad idea to have a few pieces of tube with the pellets inside. This can help to keep pets away from them if you're still concerned about it, and also protects the pellets from rain.

 

Beer is a great attractant. A shallow (2-4cm) dish of stale beer will attract them very quickly where they can be drowned.

 

A circle of sawdust around the base of the plant helps, this makes it difficult for them to cross.

 

A couple of bands of copper strip (2-3cm wide) around the stem (reasonably loose, you need room to grow) or the outside of the pot will also discourage them safely.

 

A few holes in the leaves won't hurt the plant spectacularly, but it won't be good for them. If it's a big plant I'd just handpick em and live with it, but if it's small it's important to protect them from damage as a few snails could quickly devour a small seedling.

 

Hope that helps.

[jimbojones5678]

Man....I bet that snail is moving slowly!

[smoke p]

thy are atracted to beer so u can dig a small hole put a ice cream container with enoufe beer 4 them to drown in and thy seem to drown in it.it works well iv tryed it myself.