Hello All,
I think I might have created the perfect conditions for a snail farm in my soil. Can this be fixed?
I don't know how to link a snail post I had started earlier but Catherine wrote " are you on irrigated land? They usually are more of a problem there or in heavily watered gardens which do not dry out on the surface."
Well the above conditions do not describe my soil, but yesterday I had watered, then started digging a shovels length to pull weeds. There were still some pool of water underneath. This got me to thinking this year I put Sphagnum Moss, gypsum, cow manure and a little sand in the soil and maybe this started my snail problem.
I have had my property for 3 yrs and have only seen a few dead shells. This year I have live snails in the garden. I use beer, they go through a 12 pack/week. I am afraid to use salt in the soil and I am worried if I use DE it will kill my worms and the good bugs.
This fall I want to start using hay and leaves but it might make matters worse.
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