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Do Plants Smell To Snails??
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Sounds a bit random, but in my garden right at the back in a pot I have a hosta. There is absolutely nothing else near it and yet the snails appear in this pot from nowhere and decimate it. The rest of the garden leading up to this pot on the decking has geraniums , azaleas, Bizzy lizzies, all untouched by snails and slugs so how do they know to go all the way up to this pot and find the hosta? Why is it so appetising??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The damn things can elongate their slimy torso to get through the eye of a needle ummm. Is your house built with a solid base floor or suspended wooden or weyroc boards. If it is boards they may be getting in through the airbricks it is a solid base floor they can happily live under there( nice and warm) as they do under a patio or paved area. You could try sprinkling nematode slug control around the area that they appear. This year is worse than ever after a warm winter.
It's a 1920's house I believe. It's very hit and miss with them. We have a lean to which houses the washing machine and dryer. Sometimes I see slug trails over the clothes in the washing basket. Other times I've seen signs of them at the front which is double glazed so I can't figure out how they get in.
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... and they are picky eaters too. The first tender shoots of dahlias seem to be delicious to them. When the plants are older they don't seem to attract the same amount of slimy critters.
I've heard more than once, that a glass jar dug in the soil halfway on a 45° angle and put a little bit of beer in it, will be like a picnic for slugs and snail. They are supposed to fall (slide) in and become intoxicated so they drown in the amber liquid. We are not bothered with snails so haven't tried it yet. Besides, who would waste beer??? Then again.... they would be half pickled before you fry them.
I'll get my coat.
I've heard more than once, that a glass jar dug in the soil halfway on a 45° angle and put a little bit of beer in it, will be like a picnic for slugs and snail. They are supposed to fall (slide) in and become intoxicated so they drown in the amber liquid. We are not bothered with snails so haven't tried it yet. Besides, who would waste beer??? Then again.... they would be half pickled before you fry them.
I'll get my coat.
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