Baaaaaarrrrrf - Snails

[Orchidementia]

I found a snail (one of those tiny ones) on the bark of my Paph Pinocchio 'Otonio' x etc. I'm not a squeamish person - except when it comes to snails and especially slugs. Don't know why; they just disgust me. Anyway, this one was tiny enough that I didn't faint or otherwise embarrass myself; I just sprayed it with my peppermint insecticidal soap and it obligingly died.

I then took the plant out of its pot and soaked it the insecticidal soap mixture; removed the old potting mix (the one it came in; not my mix, thanks be); washed the roots under running water (which were in good shape; lots of thick strong roots and no dead or rotted ones); soaked the roots and repotted in a new pot with new medium.

Is there anything else I need to do to make sure I'm snail-free? This plant lives indoors next to other plants, but its pot does not touch any others; do I need to be vigilant for further snail intruders?

[articuno75]

I'd do another one of those soap washes once a watering for at least a couple more times That'll cure it.

[norris]

Keep an eye out for them coming out in the evening.

[Anton]

Soak the pot up to the rim, snails have trouble breathing under water and will come up for air, and ZAP !!!

LEAVE IT FOR UP TO ABOUT 1/2 AN HOUR just be to sure there are no more caught in the potting mix.

[sandra]

You're probably safe now!

I've never found a snail in any of my pots but last year, hanging out where my orchids are growing, was a big mother millipede...I mean huge, big and fat! I still haven't gotten over it.

[cupcake]

They recommend beer traps. (waste of good beer I say!)

[tom499]

Some of the supermarket brands of beer come in packs of 12 for the price of a pulled pint at the bar

Tastes like fizzy water mind, 2%, but worth trying for the price, it sure ain't for drinking

[solay]

Snail bait works well for me. I just sprinkle around the growing area and in areas they like to hide in. There's also Deadline which is a black liquid that they can't cross.

[Orchidementia]

I had one of these nasty suckers, a bush snail - I'm not sure putting out a beer trap in my living room would work! I guess what I mean is, I really hope it wouldn't work!!