Bush snail on strange medium

[RosieC]

I have a couple of home remedies to get rid of snails.

1. Put slices of potato over the medium at night/when it's dark. In the morning snails are feeding on the potato and it can be thrown away. Even if this method does not remove them all it helps see if there likely to be any more there.

2. Soak the pot (roots and medium included) in half strength coffee. After about 10min look on the plant just above the medium for snails which have crawled out and remove. The coffee also seems to kill them in the pot. Rince with plain water.

I've successfully got rid of them with a combination of these two methods.

[isurus79]

Originally Posted by RosieC

I have a couple of home remedies to get rid of snails.

1. Put slices of potato over the medium at night/when it's dark. In the morning snails are feeding on the potato and it can be thrown away. Even if this method does not remove them all it helps see if there likely to be any more there.

2. Soak the pot (roots and medium included) in half strength coffee. After about 10min look on the plant just above the medium for snails which have crawled out and remove. The coffee also seems to kill them in the pot. Rince with plain water.

I've successfully got rid of them with a combination of these two methods.

Bush snails aren't attracted to any baits, but soaking the roots in coffee should work. Yesterday I was eliminating my last colony of bush snails and dipping the roots in some serious chemicals. I'd much prefer to use coffee instead!