[Homestead] Decollate snails

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Mon May 25 23:11:03 EDT 2009


I was a bit worried about that, too.  I googled images just to see what 
they looked like as we have a lot of different types, but I've never 
seen them here.  I would not have to worry about food shortage for them, 
though.  I put out 5 trays of beer last night and counted over 100 slugs 
and snails in the trays this morning.  Mostly I caught slugs, but there 
were a few small snails that I had never seen before.  I did not catch 
any of the big snails or slugs.
Anyway, just wondering...thanks.

B

Lynda wrote:
> No, we thought about it back when we were living on the coast but decided 
> against it because no one seemed to know the end result and there have been 
> so many problems with introducing stuff that was *supposedly* going to be 
> helpful and then it because a bigger problem than what it was supposed to 
> help (pampus grass comes to mind)  .  Then when I did some investigation, I 
> found they are becoming a problem in some areas and have been outlawed in 
> some states and some parts of other states.  If you don't have enough snails 
> for them (they only eat young ones, aren't predatory to adults, btw), they 
> eat seedlings, etc.
> 
> Lynda
> Members of Congress should be compelled to wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers 
> so we can identify their corporate sponsors.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky at bellsouth.net>
> 
>> Has anyone ever bought and used Decollate snails against other snails
>> and slugs?


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