Snails in potting soil are after your plants. Without timely countermeasures, there is a risk of baldness. You can find out here what to do to ensure a snail-free flower pot. This is how you effectively prevent snails in potting soil.
What to do about snails in potting soil?
The best methods against slugs in potting soil arecollectingandcoffee grounds scattering. You don't have to touch or kill the slimy beasts. Caffeine contained in coffee grounds is toxic to voracious snails. Fighting snails in a flowerpot is so easy:
- The best time is early in the morning.
- Collect cold-stiff slugs with snail tongs and place them in a container.
- Snails relocate to the bed, where predators take care of the rest.
- Sprinkle potting soil with dried coffee grounds.
What is an effective prevention against slugs in potting soil?
Effective preventative measures against snails in potting soil arecopper tape,thermal disinfectionand meticulousvisual inspectionwhen buying plants. Copper tape repels the slimy pests. Thermal disinfection destroys snail eggs in potting soil and nips the plague in the bud. How to use the methods correctly:
- Attach self-adhesive copper tape (€11.00 on Amazon) as a strip at least 10 cm wide under the edge of the pot on the flower pot.
- Pour potting soil into a fireproof container before use, moisten and disinfect in the oven at 100° top/bottom heat.
- When purchasing, carefully examine plants and substrate for snail eggs or young snails.
Tip
Snails come to clean up
Snails are welcome in potting soil. In contrast to slugs, snails with shells prefer to eat wilted plant leaves, sludge and fungal spores. It's best to leave shell snails in the flower pot. Once all the waste has been destroyed, the beneficial insects move away. Unlike voracious slugs, shell snails do not attack your plants, but leave tidy potting soil behind.
