October 17th 2007

Snail Control In The Garden

The Garden Snail

The garden snail is seen as a pest by many gardeners and vegetable growers since the snail predominantly eats leaf and plant materials. Garden snails will damage both the garden plants and the fruit and vegetable crops.

It would be impossible for the gardener to eradicate the snail from the garden completely and some might say unethical, but controlling the numbers of snails to a reasonably low level is necessary for plants and vegetable crops to thrive and survive.

The Garden Snail

There are many methods of snail pest control for the gardener to choose from. There are lots of organic and chemical products on the market as well as other methods of pest control such as picking the snails off the plants by hand.

A gang of guinea fowl.Gang of guinea fowl.

I have found that since I have had my guinea fowl the numbers of snails has diminished and I don’t need to use alternative methods of snail control. 

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Dead Snails Leave No Trails: Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden

 

 

 

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9 Comments »

  1. They do serve a purpose. To eat food or be eaten by your guinea fowl.

    Comment by Curtis — October 17, 2007 @ 12:37 am

  2. Hi Curtis,
    Yes they do serve a purpose and they have a place in the eco-system, without them some animals would not have enough food.
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — October 17, 2007 @ 6:42 am

  3. Our guinea fowl love them too. I have found that the guinea fowl are far more adventurous than the hens when it comes to diet and will try anything!

    Comment by Cottage Smallholder — October 17, 2007 @ 7:33 am

  4. Hi Cottage Smallholder,
    Yes guinea fowl love to free range and scavenge for food and they especially like insects. I think they like to peck into the snail shells.
    Thanks for your visit and comment.
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — October 17, 2007 @ 11:45 am

  5. I am afraid my method of snail control is either accidently treading on them or taking them to the tip along with my garden rubbish.

    Comment by Louise — October 17, 2007 @ 4:40 pm

  6. Hi Louise,
    Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment. i recommend guinea fowl. this method of snail control might be noisey and demanding but not as messy on the footwear!
    Sara @ farmingfriends

    Comment by Sara @ Farming Friends — October 18, 2007 @ 8:10 am

  7. Good stuff! see also: http://vegetablegardens.suite101.com/article.cfm/natural_garden_pest_control

    Comment by Sunflowerocity — October 19, 2007 @ 1:32 am

  8. great snail photos! just captured the moment!

    Comment by TopVeg — February 19, 2008 @ 6:38 am

  9. We are looking for snail farming ebooks,hard coopies and dvd roms to buy.Plz could you give me a link?

    Comment by fabian — September 30, 2008 @ 8:48 am

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