How can I get rid of snails in my yard?

Question

There are snails everywhere and I don't know if they are good or bad for my yard but I don't want them there, How do I terminate?

Answer 1

Do not water at night.

There are many snail killer baits out there. Most in my area ( Southern California ) have Metaldehyde in them. " That's it " is popular and effective because it has about four times the Metaldehyde content than the others.

If you are concerned about your pets or wildlife, one brand in my area is used called " Sluggo. " It uses what is actually a very weak form of fertilizer: Iron phosphate.

The other ways to get to the snails:
Use a flashlight and pick them out of there after they come out at night.
Use beer in a cheap cup- submerge the cup leaving the opening for them to move into it. They are attracted by the yeast smell and have a good chance of drowning in it.
( gross! )
Water the area where you have the snail bait only. This will cause them to congregate there in the wet part.

Good Luck.

Answer 2

I believe common garden snails are edible -- if clean. Someone posted some recipes on the internet which I found over a year ago. He said they are good eating. Personally, I wouldn't eat snails of any kind -- even if escargot were presented to me in a fancy restaurant. I don't know if they would be legal to sell or if there is any market for them.

We have a lot of snails in the yard too. We ring our threatened favorite and more delicate plants with snail poison pellet bait. Snails will eat them and die before getting to the plant. Problem with the pellets though, they have to be re-applied after they get wet and before they break down and mold forms because then they no longer are effective.

Answer 3

an basic backyard trick. Get a tin pan and fill it midway with beer. Yeah, it truly is a waste of suds, in spite of the indisputable fact that it quite works. purely bypass purchase the less expensive crap, snails do not deserve Samuel Adams, lol. besides fill some tin pans and set em around the snails, the beer attracts them and they are drawn into the pan. it is type of an enormous number yet those snails get so effed up they die.

Answer 4

hi- i got like ten years experience. I say put out some small flat boards on top of the soil. When you water pull the boards up (the bottome of the boards should be moist and if one waters with the boards still in place the underside doesn't get moist- which the slugs like)

Now here's the fun part. Just go out anytime, turn over the board and flick them into a cup. I use to like to chop them up in my garbage disposal in the sink. But you could throw the slugs in a creek or in your garbage.

So easy- just put a few flat boards on the top of each area.
Remove the wood when you weed and water.
Tip over wood, scrape slugs into a cup.
Dispose of slugs.

It gets a lot of them. Beer, saly, eggshells aren't as easy to do over the long haul

Answer 5

Snails are not a good thing!
Call your local agriculture extension agent "Look under government listing in your phone book" and they can give you more information that you ever wanted to know about snails and killing them!

Answer 6

Find a small old bowl or tray that you dont mind getting dirty. Dig a hole under a rock where the tray can sit and fill it with beer. The snails will go for it and it will kill them.

Answer 7

There is stuff they sell that kills snails and slugs. Snails eat dead vegetation, so it's not bad, but they also eat dill and other herbs. So if your plants are fine, I would not bother, but if not, either buy the stuff or put copper fencing around the herbs: copper seems to react with their slime and deters them.

Answer 8

Salt

Answer 9

You just have to collect them up in the early morning or when it rains. The best thing is not to have plants that they eat.

Answer 10

Lowes has a product for that but I don't know the name.