Snails are a nuisance because they prey on lettuce and other vegetables in the garden bed. In the fight against oatmeal, oatmeal is suitable.
Hardly any other animal is as undesirable in the vegetable patch as the slug. No wonder, because it eats lettuce leaves, carrots and fruits and thus endangers the annual harvest. In addition to home remedies such as coffee grounds, beer and salt, oatmeal is also effective.
Effectively fighting slugs and snails with oatmeal
Slugs and snails can be fought in the garden with home remedies. © H Landshoeft/Imago
If you don't have a raised bed or a runner duck breed, sooner or later you will certainly come into contact with slugs in the garden. The animals are especially active in the spring, when the search for food begins. If you want to avoid nibbled vegetables and the use of chemical agents, you should fight the animals with oatmeal. Here's how it works:
- Mix oatmeal with a little water and transfer the mixture to a small plate.
- Place it next to the affected plant.
- The snails will be more interested in the oatmeal than in the vegetables, as Schneckenhilfe.de knows. Because the animals are not very picky about their food. Therefore, if oatmeal or soaked white bread lies on the way to the vegetable patch, it will be more convenient for them. Sliced cucumber is also suitable as a "bait".
- Now you can collect the animals and release them in another place.
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You can also keep snails away with thyme, rosemary or monkshood, because the molluscs don't like their smell or taste at all. No matter how you fight snails, if the species (such as the vineyard snail) is protected, there is a risk of high fines.