Snails Infestation in Lawn
njgardener_2007
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Comments (6)Western NY helps. Thanks. What kind of grass do you have and how tall do you mow? Do you normally use organic fertilizer on the lawn or synthetic fertilizer? Have you ever seen mud dauber wasps under the eaves or in your shed or garage? They build nests out of mud in dark places. They also eat spiders. Mud daubers are very docile and even social with humans as long as you don't start swinging things at them like your arms. My office used to be in the garage so I got to interact with them several times a day since we used the same doorway. I would suggest, as long as nobody is allergic to wasp stings, that you learn to live with wasps. That means you and your family do not go around removing nests and no swatting at them. If you encounter one and it is not already attacking you, then come to a complete stop and observe the wasp. It will fly away in 5 (long) seconds. The only reason these docile wasps attack is if you move a nest or if you swat at them. I've even moved nests while they were on it and not had them seem to notice. But they had gotten to know me by then. On another occasion I had an angry wasp smash into my forehead and land on my glasses. It stayed there for no more than 2 seconds while a second angry wasp hovered menacingly about 1 foot in front of my face. When the one on my glasses flew off it joined the other wasp hovering menacingly. After another 3 seconds of a stare-down, they flew back to the nest. Then I realized why they were angry. Their nest had become so heavy with eggs and adults working the nest that the nest was now sagging down to where my screen door just barely missed the nest when I went out the door. What I had done was open the door and scrape these two wasps off of the nest. All this is to say that you can do yourself a big favor if you already have mud dauber wasps, to keep them happy and let them take care of your spider problem for you. If you do not have a history of using organic fertilizer, I would suggest you get into a habit of at least one annual dose of something like alfalfa pellets. Yards with a healthy population of soil microbes usually do not get infestations of anything, because the microbes and other insects are happy. Infestations like yours come when there is an imbalance. The imbalance can be caused by insecticide, herbicide, or fungicide. It can also be caused by years upon years of chemical fertilizers with no organic fertilizer. Lastly, if you do not already have a bird house, bird feeder, or bird bath in your yard, then set those up. Birds will come to your yard and take care of your spiders for you. As soon as you use any insecticides, though, the birds likely will not pay attention to the spiders....See MoreInfestation of snails in my backyard. Should I be concerned?
Comments (6)I've come to rely on the pelleted bait - I often sprinkle it around new plantings of seeds to keep the slugs & snails from destroying the seedlings before they can take hold. I had a bad infestation of Cuban brown snails a couple of years ago & now they're almost completely gone from my yard. I buy it @ Home Depot - most garden supply stores should have it - it's iron phosphate & breaks down into fertilizer... Thinking those in the photo might be tree snails? This article says they are not a pest... Here is a link that might be useful: Tree snails...See MoreEntire lawn infested
Comments (5)There is every chance that a box of seed is full of weeds. It even says so on the side of the box. There is a percentage of Weed Seed and a percentage of Other Crop. For boxes you buy at the local store, those numbers are small, but often significant, because some weed seeds are the size of dust. If you buy online you can find seed where the Weed Seed and Other Crop total 0.00% of the contents. Seed is one place where you get what you pay for. Which grass do you want to have, bermuda or St Augustine? It is much easier to go with St Augustine. That's what I'm doing with my lawn, but this is your lawn. Your preference will affect the choice of herbicide and approach to this question. Also, where do you live?...See MoreHelp! ...My lawn is infested with slugs
Comments (15)https://wavets.com.au/departments/emergency/information-sheets/toxicities-evenomations/snail-bait-toxicity/#:~:text=Iron%20EDTA%20(red)%20snail%20pellet,vomit%20within%20minutes%20to%20hours. Dogs'll usually vomit it up if they're attracted in the first place, but I wouldn't use any EDTA around pets, no. Iron phosphate shouldn't be confused with iron EDTA, as they're not chemically the same, but the chemistry can certainly be confusing to the uninitiated! It may start with "iron," but the extension at the end makes a huge difference. Plus there's a lot of scare tactics used on the Internet to deter use of any "chemical." (Water is, of course, a "chemical"). Iron phosphate is listed as "practically non-toxic" to mammals, birds, and fish (LD50 > 2000 mg/kg, about double as poisonous as table salt). Molluscoids are peculiarly susceptible to it. So this isn't really something to worry about overmuch and not something I'd be too scared of. If they're going after your plants, and you can't move the trash can, have at. :-) *** This announcement NOT brought to you by Dow, but by somebody interested in increasing human knowledge and decreasing fear in basic chemistry ***...See Morelou_spicewood_tx
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