Snails are very voracious, but they don't eat everything. Today we know that a third of all perennials, herbs and flowering annuals have effective defense mechanisms that spoil the appetite of greedy mollusks in a natural way. However, this enhances their taste for other plants.
First of all, you should make every effort to prevent the occurrence of snails.In practice, this means that you should take care of the hygiene of the garden, remove potential hiding places for snails and plant plants outside of them. menu. Preventive measures include, among others removal of organic debris, boards, stones, as well as regular weeding and raking of the substrate.In small gardens you can catch snails by hand or lure them into traps (e.g. beer traps). As a last resort, we use chemicals.
Based on observations made, among others, by in Great Britain, we have almost full knowledge of the eating habits of snails, thanks to which we can plan ornamental and useful plants much more effectively. Although it imposes some discipline, it does not diminish the attractiveness of the garden. The fact is that some plants are avoided by snails, others arouse little interest in them.
What do snails like?At the beginning, we advise you to give up plants such as marigold, sage, calendula, sunflower and lion's mane, as these are the plants most vulnerable to damage. In sunny places, snails fall prey to plants such as mint, sage, bellflower, lupine, daisy and delphinium, especially their first delicate shoots, which are a tasty breeding ground for young snails coming out of eggs from the end of February.The effects of feeding on young plants can be felt for many months, and even put into question the further development of plants in our garden. You have to realize that only after one reproduction, the snail population increases by an average of 150-200 new individuals. A dam for such a mass influx of pests can be plantings (in sunny places) of herbs - lavender, santolina, garlic and algae. All cloves, peony, gypsophila, sunflower, flame, saxifrage and spurge are also considered safe plants. In the shade positions, young mollusks feed, among others, on violets and funky.
What do snails dislike?Mollusks do not like long-flowering summer plants, such as begonia (from the bed and tuber group), scallop, pelargonium, tubers and gazania. Snails also avoid long-flowering nasturtium, against which even the fear-mongering Lusitan dagger feels. In the shade positions, the mollusks avoid the eagles, tawułki, lungwort, cranberry, hellebore and periwinkle.Geraniums (very nice and long-flowering ground cover plants) and ferns are also of no great value.
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