Snails on my Pole Beans

MikeInCypress · May 19, 2016

I wish I knew a surefire method to get rid of snails. They are climbing my 10'tall bamboo bean poles and damaging about 3-5 pods a night. I pick the snails off each morning and crush them. Can't use Sluggo or other snail killer as I have cats and dogs in the yard. Also the cats drink the beer in a beer trap. Any suggestions?

MikeInCypress

AlittleSalt · May 19, 2016

Here is a product that might do the trick http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Safe-Sn.../dp/B001ACRZFA

I laughed when I read the cats drink the beer

Scooty · May 21, 2016

Have you tried banding the plants or the planter box with copper foil? That's the other option.

aftermidnight · May 21, 2016

I use copper mesh, it works pretty good.

Worth1 · May 21, 2016

The snail bait I use from Ortho is harmless to pets.
My problem is none of this stuff is holding up to all of the rain we are getting.
And it made my onions hot.

Worth

Tracydr · May 21, 2016

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Originally Posted by Worth1

The snail bait I use from Ortho is harmless to pets.
My problem is none of this stuff is holding up to all of the rain we are getting.
And it made my onions hot.

Worth

Yeah,actually snail bait is either just iron phosphate or iron with spinosad ( the "plus"). Spinosad is in the one month flea preventative for cats and dogs called Comfortis.

Tracydr · May 21, 2016

Ducks. They are the best for snails and slugs.
Sluggo plus isn't bad,it's organic,too.

oakley · May 21, 2016

Copper works. Tape, mesh, sheets cut with tin snips to make a ring. Not tried just a wire ring....should work. I use everything. A bit of DE around the hostas. And beer baits...DIY buried tin cans with the ole fashion can opener. 4 triangle openings pointing out like an awning and buried to that point and covered with a rock. A can with a lid would work but mine are just small bean cans. Water bottles would work the same way with cut 'awnings'. My pups would probably grab those, run, and shake the beer out.
They don't seem to bother the rocks. I was using tuna cans but bean cans hold more.

I have sluggo also. Use that around the beans and salad beds that have copper tape on the top edges of the beds. Tape does not hold that well so a few nails fix that.

I don't have near the army i had a few years ago. I just need to check and toss the beer traps once a week now and the 'awning' method keeps water out.

I get a few tiny ones when i rinse salad....thy float to the top of the water rinse. (yuck)

Made a new style beer version this morning out of plastic peppercorn containers i should photograph but lets see what i catch tonight. I try and be pro-active but just saw some hosta damage.

oakley · May 21, 2016

The problem with most organics is they are toxic if ingested by pets.
If one is said safe around pets but they still get into it...it is no longer around to do its job.
food grade DE is fine ingested but horrible if inhaled and pups noses are always to the ground.

I like the copper tape the best but it just keeps them out of the beds...always seems to be a few inside. So using all tricks keeps my population way down.

Adriana · May 22, 2016

Pulverize egg shells and sprinkle them around the base of the olants.

May 19, 2016	#1
MikeInCypress Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Posts: 963	Snails on my Pole Beans I wish I knew a surefire method to get rid of snails. They are climbing my 10'tall bamboo bean poles and damaging about 3-5 pods a night. I pick the snails off each morning and crush them. Can't use Sluggo or other snail killer as I have cats and dogs in the yard. Also the cats drink the beer in a beer trap. Any suggestions? MikeInCypress __________________ "Growing older, not up"

May 22, 2016	#10
Adriana Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Georgia Posts: 99	Pulverize egg shells and sprinkle them around the base of the olants. __________________ Adriana Gutierrez

May 19, 2016	#2
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Here is a product that might do the trick http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Safe-Sn.../dp/B001ACRZFA I laughed when I read the cats drink the beer

May 21, 2016	#3
Scooty Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Chicago-land & SO-cal Posts: 583	Have you tried banding the plants or the planter box with copper foil? That's the other option.

May 21, 2016	#4
aftermidnight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Vancouver Island B.C. Posts: 116	I use copper mesh, it works pretty good.

May 21, 2016	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	The snail bait I use from Ortho is harmless to pets. My problem is none of this stuff is holding up to all of the rain we are getting. And it made my onions hot. Worth

May 21, 2016	#7
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Ducks. They are the best for snails and slugs. Sluggo plus isn't bad,it's organic,too.

May 21, 2016	#8
oakley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NewYork 5a Posts: 2,303	Copper works. Tape, mesh, sheets cut with tin snips to make a ring. Not tried just a wire ring....should work. I use everything. A bit of DE around the hostas. And beer baits...DIY buried tin cans with the ole fashion can opener. 4 triangle openings pointing out like an awning and buried to that point and covered with a rock. A can with a lid would work but mine are just small bean cans. Water bottles would work the same way with cut 'awnings'. My pups would probably grab those, run, and shake the beer out. They don't seem to bother the rocks. I was using tuna cans but bean cans hold more. I have sluggo also. Use that around the beans and salad beds that have copper tape on the top edges of the beds. Tape does not hold that well so a few nails fix that. I don't have near the army i had a few years ago. I just need to check and toss the beer traps once a week now and the 'awning' method keeps water out. I get a few tiny ones when i rinse salad....thy float to the top of the water rinse. (yuck) Made a new style beer version this morning out of plastic peppercorn containers i should photograph but lets see what i catch tonight. I try and be pro-active but just saw some hosta damage.