That is what I spent the morning doing. Hand picking snails off of some plants. I have the beer thing going on; it's the only reason I buy beer. But it isn't doing the job, so I'm also using the poison.
There are a type of snail that eat garden snails that you can purchase. But I also have slugs and for some reason they don't do slugs.

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Is their another quick fix like salt water in a spray bottle?

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Salt spray would not be good for the plants...
*salt kills plants*

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Epson salt is good for the garden and might just do the trick!

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The epsom salts are different, they really aren't salt, it's magnesium...
So, I don't think that the Epsom Salts would kill the snails..

Hand picking it the best organic way...
*but it is tedious*

Alot of times snails are drawn to the fresh green tender growth and love to hang out where it's moist, dark and secluded...

So, either keep the area cleaned up of moist~dark places, so there's not many places to hide...
Or put out some wet card board to actually "give" them a place to sleep and hide in the day time, and then I come in there and squish them...
I also go out at night and grab them..
(smashin' them between to bricks'~it's greattttt for taking my agressions out)

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weezie....*salt kills plants*

Thanks for that good bit of knowledge.
Would it harm the soil or roots if I sprayed around the plant and not on the plant. I figure I'd go out there and just spray them when I see em. then later rake em up. Although the brick Idea sounds.....helpful.

Thanks for your replies,

Mark

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I personally wouldn't do it..
Salt around roots, in the dirt can also kill or harm/hurt plants... *the roots are the way the plant feeds' it'self..*

I would have to say, it would also depend on the plant.. I have some daylilies/roadside lilies..
right by my front step... I salt the heck out of those steps in the winter time...
but they do return every year..
*same for the lily of the vally's too...
and bishop's weed..
but they are all tenacious weeds so to speak...

What plants are those snails on or around?????

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
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First off, get some more pictures of your
wife's garden's on here, wooooooooo~hoooooooo,
AWESOME!!!
*Just gorgeous tell her...*

Second on to those snails...
Have you tried closing down the salad~bar at
night time???
That's what I do...
A flashlight and two bricks *more bricks are needed for back~up if there's a ton of snails, cause the first set gets pretty goooooey by half way thru the garden*
But I go out after dark, around 11:00pm, gives it time to cool down, dew and them to venture out and start finding their delicacies...

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Weezie

Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2





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You guys are so funny!!! I was laughing so hard at the pictures of snails, damaged flowers and the comments with them. Or maybe it's just because it's four in the morning and I'm reading this web site. Hmmm....
I once caught about two hundred snails in two days time. I didn't have the heart to kill them, I don't like killing any living creature without great guilt sooooo...I gave them to a neighbor I didn't like. ha ha ha ha ha ha....