 Garden
Pests
Description of Pest
slimy snails
Description of Damage
eats leaves, stems flowers
Attacks
flowers, seedlings, tender plants, fruits and vegetables
Organic Controls:
floating row cover destroy infested plants use
barriers/traps
A good trap/attractant is as follows:
- In a bowel place small apple cider, or vinegar. Attracts, replace with new mixture. try
different types like wine, beer, whiskey, etc. reduce food supply by controlling weeds
Safe Botanicals:
- Cayenne Pepper (Tabasco sauce)
- Dr.
Bronners Peppermint soap
- Garden Grade DE
- A sample formula for spraying: in a quart water filled near to top add: 5 drops
Tabasco sauce 5 drop Dr. Bronners peppermint soap or use shaklees basic H or Jungle Rain
soap 2 drops Ammonia spray directly on snails. avoid beneficials be pest specific
- A good dust mixture is: 1/8 part Pyrethrium 2 part Garden Grade DE 2 part Alfalfa
meal 1/8 part cayenne pepper dust around plants and under leaves, don't water for 24 hrs
avoid beneficials, be pest specific
- Use Slug Go
- Use coffee Grinds. Apply into soil and around plants
- Spray plants with garlic.
A NOTE ABOUT SOAP:
Do not use soaps that are chemically made or that have strange chemical additives or
preservatives. Instead use only natural soap, either citrus or peppermint based or best
but try herbal soaps.. Use only a very small amount of soap and use only when necessary. for more
information on soap From Using Soap to Using Ultra Fine Oil
Natural Predators
Predatory Nematodes Bio-neem Frogs and lizards eat snail as well as birds.
see also snails dept Natural Snail Control
Dept
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The Invisible Gardener
last updated on 12/30/2012 |
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