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    I set up one of the beds for square foot gardening. I'd already filled it with compost about a month or so ago. I then covered it with ground fabric until i had a chance to do something.

    Today, whilst setting up one section, I noticed translucent beads connected together a bit like a chain of pearls in two of the squares. I removed them and chucked them into a bit of the border.

    I've had a look online and they look like snail eggs. Is there anything I can do to prevent them developing into snails?

  • #2
    I have sprinkled them with salt on one occasion and poured boiling water on them on another. They didn't seem to like either.

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    • #3
      They're quite difficult to squish unless they're on a hard surface, perhaps scrape them up and bin em.
      Location ... Nottingham

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      • #4
        Originally posted by greenishfing View Post
        I have sprinkled them with salt on one occasion and poured boiling water on them on another.
        Sorry but I keep imagining tiny little egg cups for snail eggs

        Pick out what you see and bin them. Would birds eat them?

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        • #5
          I think birds & maybe centipedes would eat them,if they're left on the border exposed to frosts I don't think they'll survive,they like laying eggs in sheltered places like under the fabric. Maybe the adults can be found at night with a torch,get rid of them all now so there's less of a springtime problem hopefully!
          Location : Essex

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          • #6
            I also let the birds have the ones I find. I just pick them up and put them on the bird table

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            • #7
              If it is just a small area perhaps lift the cover for a while to let the birds in and scrape about.

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              • #8
                Thanks all. I'd used the fabric cover to avoid one of the neighbour's cat(s) using the raised bed as a litter tray. Glad I left the eggs to one side.

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                • #9
                  Good luck keeping the cats off,I have to use sticks & bits I prune off the shrubs to protect my growing areas,my cat attempts to go wherever I touch out there like he owns it.
                  Location : Essex

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                  • #10
                    Over the weekend was digging the plot.
                    Many of the divots dug down last year are full of slug eggs...

                    Left as many to the birds, but going to have a real war on my hands this year.

                    This is why I need to get chickens into the frame....

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                    • #11
                      May not help with your slugs 4shoes but just a thought.

                      Snail Caviar, Escargot Caviar | Dorset Snails

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                      • #12
                        I chuck mine in the pond. Seems to work.

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