How to remove snails from flowerpots
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Many novice flower growers often encounter a phenomenon when caring for the drooping jasmine plant at home: although there are only a few pots of flowers and the cleaning is done thoroughly, every morning they find mysterious holes bitten into the leaves, but can't find any insects nearby. If your drooping jasmine also has this situation, don't worry. It's likely that snails visited your flowers at night! Today, Fenglin will share some experience in flower cultivation and tell you how to prevent and control snails when growing flowers at home.
1. Prevent snails with adhesive tape placed upside down
Snails are not caught during the day and only appear at night. This has become a nightmare for many novice flower growers, as they move slowly. If you have only a few plants at home, cut transparent tape into 2 cm pieces, with the sticky side facing up, and evenly sprinkle them on the surface of the potting soil. You can then sleep soundly at night, and in the morning, you may find several snails stuck to the tape. By repeating this for a while, the snails damaging the leaves will be completely gone. Isn't it simple?
2. Prevent snails by placing salt under the pot
Putting salt directly in the flowerpot to prevent snails is too risky. If you haven't communicated with your family members in advance and they water the plants thoroughly, it could cause problems. The correct method is to first place a brick in the plastic tray at the bottom of the pot, then place the pot on the brick. At 7 p.m., sprinkle table salt evenly in the tray. When snails come out to feed on leaves at night, their slimy bodies will be covered in salt and they will die before they can climb the plants. In the morning, you can throw the snail bodies away in a garbage bag. After a few days, the snails will basically be gone.
3. How to prevent and control snail damage on a large scale in flower nurseries?
In flower production bases, farmers often raise many pots of flowers at once, and snail damage is quite serious. There are usually three methods used by farmers! The first: Use furadan or phoxim granules and apply them evenly on the soil surface after rain or watering. These pesticides not only kill snails but also eliminate other underground pests harmful to flowers, such as grubs and cutworms. The second: If you only want to kill snails, a common pesticide called "Snail灵" is sprinkled on the surface of the potting soil, which kills only snails and does not eliminate other pests. The third: Use fumigants! For indoor greenhouse prevention and control of snails, light a fumigation agent at 8 p.m., open the greenhouse for ventilation in the morning, and use large plastic sheets to cover the flowers outdoors for fumigation to kill snails.
Summary: The above methods for preventing snail damage to flowers can be used to combat snail damage. If you want to observe the entire process of snail damage to flowers, you can turn on the camera function of your phone before going to sleep and film the flowers to capture the specific damage process!
The above is the full content on how to remove snails from flowerpots and related methods for preventing and controlling snail damage, hoping it is helpful to plant enthusiasts!