vidocka
I will start cultivating my garden soon. I have unwanted visitors every year and these are snails. Today I read various tips on snails and also found these interesting facts.
Young snails have translucent houses. Because they are not protected from the sun, they eat at night. The older they are, the bigger and stronger their house is, which is yellow-brown in color and is of limestone. Sometimes the house that is their home gets damaged. At that time they apply their mastery skills and correct them themselves, from the inside. If a snail happens to be out of the house, it dries and dies.
It moves very slowly. It even takes a minute to overcome a distance of 6 inches. Only when he is in a hurry. It moves with the mucus that covers his leg. It leaves behind a slimy glowing trail. It requires water to produce mucus, which is why it is most commonly found in humid environments.
The snail feeds on herbs, garden vegetables, and fruits. He loves salad, kale, and cabbage.
The snail sleeps a lot. Sleeps all winter and naps in summer when there is drought.
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I did not know they slept so much but it makes sense. Great photo.
Thank you. These are really amazing facts.
On rainy days they appear in large numbers in the park.
Yes, Snails love rainy weather. In such weather, it is the worst.
I try to limit them to access the egg shell garden as much as possible.
I know full well how they like salad, dear Vidocka … I’m already getting ready to fight them … I have a lot of them in the garden
Since you have experience, I will call you to expel my snails ?
They just call you, dear Vidocka … they are really stubborn and they don’t give up on being pretty
You will have a lot of work to do
I’m ready to fight hahaha…..
I have had serious problem with snails and slugs last season. Coffee grounds sprinkled all around the entry points warded them off.
Thank you so much for the advice. I try to stop them with eggshells.
We have problems with the naked snails in the garden. They eat the leaves of the plants.
I had a problem with bare snails a few years ago. These are even worse than large garden snails
i was laughing when I saw your picture. You were sharing another “house moving!” Snails as part of the ecosystem are so important.
I’m glad I made you laugh. Snails are very interesting just to do a little less damage
plus they carry their house everywhere they go!
I didn’t know until you mentioned it.
I’m glad you learned something new ?
Very interesting information about snails, I didn’t know some oft hese things.
Yes, we always learn something new ?
Snails can be quite destructive.
I agree. Last year they did a lot of damage to my salad.