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Originally Posted by TWOYYS I Raise Nestor Flowers. Now That It Is Budding, I Have Noticed Very Tiny Hard Shelled Snail On The Bare Stalks. The Buds Are Forming And I Want To Know If Any Damage Will Be Done By The Snails. Any Idea How To Treat These Snails. They Are Very Tiny Barely Visible About A One-sixteenth Of An Inch. Read In Another Site That The Cheapest Way Is To Spray Diluted Coffee On Them But I Wonder What The Results Would Be. Any One Have A Cure Please Post A Reply. Thank You Very Much. I Am New To This Site. I Live In Honolulu, Hawaii. Thanks |
dear TWOYYS, You can buy Metaldehyde snail bait and dust it in side aswell as around the pots. Try a systemic insecticide spray at 2 ml per liter of water. Also keep stale beer in shallow containers , the slugs and snails are lured to wards it and it gets drowned.
J.Stanly, India