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Last summer I found myself similarly dealing with a 'snail apocalypse': had no idea how they would all descend in hordes on my American Giant sunflower shoots every night!I'm ashamed to say back then I used nasty chemical pellets to keep them at bay, which makes me feel rather guilty, now. It also didn't stop them from trying to get at my sunflowers very consistently.Since then, I've read of alternatives to chemical snail/slug-control, including surrounding your plants with dishes filled with beer to divert the animals - but this would surely kill them too if they crawled in and couldn't escape. I did also surround my flowers with a good amount of gravel near the end to help keep them at bay, but they still seemed willing to brave the trek just to get at the plants!I also read that winding copper tape of a certain width around the stems of your plants or their pots prevents slugs and the like from climbing up. Apparently, the copper will deliver tiny little shocks when in contact with the slugs/snails, which... isn't exactly nice for them either, but would perhaps provides a better alternative.
Last summer I found myself similarly dealing with a 'snail apocalypse': had no idea how they would all descend in hordes on my American Giant sunflower shoots every night!
I'm ashamed to say back then I used nasty chemical pellets to keep them at bay, which makes me feel rather guilty, now. It also didn't stop them from trying to get at my sunflowers very consistently.
Since then, I've read of alternatives to chemical snail/slug-control, including surrounding your plants with dishes filled with beer to divert the animals - but this would surely kill them too if they crawled in and couldn't escape. I did also surround my flowers with a good amount of gravel near the end to help keep them at bay, but they still seemed willing to brave the trek just to get at the plants!
I also read that winding copper tape of a certain width around the stems of your plants or their pots prevents slugs and the like from climbing up. Apparently, the copper will deliver tiny little shocks when in contact with the slugs/snails, which... isn't exactly nice for them either, but would perhaps provides a better alternative.
