April 28, 2014

The Snails are Back

April 28, 2014

The snails are back in the yard with a hunger for my bean plants. They seem to have gotten past the copper, wood chips and nets . Lately I’ve been setting up corn meal jars, snails love cornmeal but it kills them fast. Simply pour some cornmeal in a jar, lay it on it’s side and you should see less snails within the garden.
There’s still a patch near the beans where the snails seem to be heavily so I’m setting up more cornmeal jars  to cut them off.
Though cute, snails can really do damage in the garden.

This was a scarlet bean, the snails ate through 15 of them over night this weekend and they will not grow back. 
  As long as the beans get past 6 inches with a 3rd set of leaves the snails can’t stunt the growth. The snails seem to just go after the first sets of leaves for some reason. Maybe it’s sweeter, who knows.
If you do plan on using cornmeal please take note that if the cornmeal is spread out nothing will grow in it’s place. Cornmeal is like seed birth control, do not let the cornmeal get anywhere you’ve planted and or want to plant. Keep it within the jar. Take flowers that re-seed, no, don’t let the cornmeal get into the ground the seeds will never grow. It’s great for keeping weeds down and all, but not so much if you let your garden reseed itself. 
I’ll update this weekend if my beans made it through the week! What’s growing in your garden? 

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