Nudibranchs can wreak havoc in the garden.
This is why amateur gardeners always ask themselves how they can keep the molluscs away from their plants.
Nudibranchs are a thorn in the side of many amateur gardeners.
The reptiles hang around in the garden, especially when the weather is damp, and attack vegetables and flowers.
The hard work in the garden is quickly ruined.
But which snail repellant methods are really helpful?
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In general, there are many ways to combat snails in the garden.
Hardly any of them ensure 100% success and usually several methods have to be used at the same time before an effect can be recognized.
But it doesn't always have to be chemical agents from the hardware store that cause the snails a little discomfort - home remedies also help against the reptile invasion.
An example of this is coffee
.
A US study from 2002 found that coffee concentrate deterred the snails and, at certain concentrations, even killed them.
A caffeine content of over 0.1 percent - corresponding to a strong coffee - caused the former reaction, while a two percent caffeine solution put an end to the reptiles.
The researchers suspected that the caffeine acted like a neurotoxin on the snails.
The Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU) therefore recommends sprinkling coffee or coffee grounds in low concentrations over a large area in the garden or spreading them in a ring around plants that need special protection.
Strong coffee beans can also be sprayed on the leaves of plants.
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Fighting snails in the garden: what you should pay attention to
In addition, NABU also points out that hobby gardeners
should not exaggerate
when fighting
snails
.
As a rule, the animals also do the garden a health service by
eating decaying parts of plants and dead animals
.
In addition, not all snails cause damage in the garden.
Banded snails, for example, are one of the most common types of snail in the garden and
hardly disturb the balance
.
The large Roman snail is even under nature protection and helps hobby gardeners by eating egg clutches from nudibranchs.
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If these are present in large numbers in the garden, the natural balance is disturbed - then it can also make sense to collect the slugs.
Also helpful:
encouraging the nudibranch's natural enemies in the garden
.
These include hedgehogs, toads or blindworms.
In this way, you can easily get the snail problem under control in a natural way.
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