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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Decollate snails
  • Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 23:11:03 -0400

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
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----- 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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