Re: Small snails eating my seeds!

Subject: Re: Small snails eating my seeds!
From: D* W*
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 17:24:25 -0400
Resent-Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 14:31:06 -0700
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Nesa,

I don't think the salt is good for the soil, don't know if it will hurt the seeds. Can you put a barrier around the seed bed to keep the snails out - here we use diatomaceous earth (which is crushed sea shells - don't breath it) or cocoa shell mulch or small strips of copper.

Nesa wrote:

I direct seed beans and squash but have a problem with small, very small snails eating the seeds. What should I do? if I pour salt water on them will it hurt the seeds?

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Oakland County, Michigan USA;USDA Hardiness Zones 5b/6a

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