What's in your garden?

[tvguy]

Where I live, we have never had snails.....slugs yes, but snails, no. Suddenly in the last two years I have been overrun with snails. How can you get rid of them? I have pets so I am worried about using snail bait. Suggestions???

I think earlier in the thread there was some talk about getting rid of snails.

If you leave pots upside down with a little room at the bottom they will crawl in there during the night, and there are beer traps...or...

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Determine which plants are favored by the snails and slugs in your garden by exploring your garden at night with a flashlight. While you're hunting, you can hand pick and destroy any creatures that you find.
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Step 2

Plan on using about four traps for a six-foot row in your garden. Locate one trap at either end of the row and two in the middle, on opposite sides of the row.
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Step 3

Dig a small hole in the soil around your prized plants with your trowel. Make it just big enough for a jar that will contain the beer to fit snugly, at an angle, so the lip of the jar is level with the ground. Dig one hole for each jar you want to serve as a beer trap.
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Step 4

Fill the jar(s) about half full with inexpensive beer