No, this is NOT a video about snails that are really controlling, insisting that you take out the trash and be in by a certain time and stuff like that. To the contrary. This is an overview of the variety of measures available to discourage snails and slugs in your garden by killing them. Sadly, there is not silver bullet for getting rid of those destructive critters once and for all. If there were, this lady would have told us so.
Kimmie Haworth of the National Gardening Association talks like someone whose life’s mission is to control snails. She really hates them, and gets really excited when talking about how these silent menaces just love the wet weather “cos they can slide around in your garden eating all the goodies out of your plants.”
Kimmie recommends a whole armory of products and techniques for controlling snails. Note that this video is not called “Getting Rid of Snails Permanently.” A pity.
Kimmie says you can use chemical grains or pellets, liquids, organic substances (I love the one called Sluggo – isn’t that a great name?) or salt. I get the feeling Kimmie is saying that snails and slugs are so persistent that you had better use all of these at once. Or you can make snails feel completely uncomfortable and totally unwelcome by casting crushed eggshells or fireplace ashes around the garden. Kimmie says: “Snails don’t like rough things on their feet.” Feet? Oh well.
Kimmie even mentions salt as a snail and slug control measure but concedes that the results are “psychadelic.”
Finally, Kimmie says plain violence will also work. “Snails like to hide under things,” she says, seizing a pottery bowl. “Such as for instance under this. So lift things to find them and then..” Kimmie puts down the bowl and squirms it around a bit. “..squeeze them to death.” Wow, Kimmie, you really ARE controlling…
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