What are these snails in my compost?!
ainadaliel
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Snails, slugs, water & white vinegar = OK for compost/chickens?
Comments (5)Vinegar is a carbohydrate food for the microbes. If you're worried about the pH, then dilute it with water. You could also sprinkle ammonium sulfate fertilizer around. That worked brilliantly for me back before I became a nut about organics. If you had chickens or ducks roaming around, you would never have to worry about snails or slugs again....See MoreComposting Snails?
Comments (14)A friend of mine heard about the beer method of killing slugs, so she set out cat food cans buried so the rim was flush with the ground and filled them with beer. Then she forgot about them for a few days. When she remembered to look, the cans were still there, but they were empty of both beer and slugs. Mystified, she refilled the cans with beer. That night, she had to get up to let the cat in, and she saw a family of skunks in the garden, happily sucking up the beer with the slugs. Beer and hors d'oeuvre! My friend also sets out hummingbird feeders, but that same summer she had a problem with ants crawling up the tree trunks and out onto the limbs, down the cord to the feeders and crawling all over them. She got out more empty cat food cans and dumped the old sugar/water into them from the feeders. She noticed that many ants found the sugar water and crawled in, with many drowning. Once again, the skunks came to visit, tipping over the cans and eating the contents. Ooooo! Dessert, with a touch of spice! In summer, she found several nests of ground-nesting yellowjackets. So she poured some cheap dollar-store pancake syrup on top of the nests at dusk. Sure enough, her little black and white scavengers came through, attracted to the syrup and discovered the yellowjacket nests (they love yellowjackets), and they ripped up the nests and ate the contents. Sweet, spicy and crunchy! Mother Nature DID have a plan! Sue...See MoreWhat is this snail looking thing in the soil of my plant??
Comments (3)I suspect rhizo is thinking about decollate snails. But not so. The shells of decollate snails appear to be broken because the tip is missing. And, as far as I'm aware, decollates are only legal in the 7 southern-most counties of California. See images & info at the link, below... When it comes to identifying your snail and its habits, I suggest you contact your county Extension Service office. This interactive map will help you locate that office --- http://www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/ EDIT: Oops! For some reason I thought you were in Texas. (sigh). To identify the snail, you'll need to contact an agricultural authority where you live. Here is a link that might be useful: decollate snail This post was edited by jean001a on Sun, Nov 9, 14 at 16:22...See MoreHELP!!! Aphids on my Snail Vine !!!
Comments (7)Well my aphids are long dead! I sprayed Isotox on the vine, I read the bottle finally. And it killed all the aphids, didnt hurt the vine and the ants that WERE caring for the aphids are gone for now to! IF I ever get flowers...I will have to choose more carefully what to spray on it, IF I ever get aphids again. But so far it is only growing,and now it is turning into 'fall/winter' here...the dry season. Of course we have that storm 'Noel' off the coast that might hit us and that could whip up my vine a bit. BUT at the moment it is pretty well protected from wind,IF it comes from the NE like the weathermen say it will tonight and tomorrow. But no flowers...maybe next spring or summer?? I thought it bloomed all the time, and now that it has vines up to 6 feet long, I thought I'd have blooms. But I have none. People warned me that this plant was an 'animal'. It would grow like crazy and grow into the trees and if it touched the ground it would root and it would be uncontrolable! Boy,I got a dud! I can control the vine and twist it to where I want it to go,it is growing fast still. But as soon as the 'cooler' weather hits. I am told it will stop growing?? So no blooms this year I guess and maybe if I keep it watered,as I am told it likes,maybe it will bloom in the winter here?...See Moredefiningsound
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