How to keep snails away from him

This perennial facilitates the spread of snails

Snails have that Liver balm to love Somebody to bits. If you have the choice between him and other perennials, it will definitely fall on him. You love the taste and smell the liver balm from afar.

Therefore, liver balm promotes the spread of snails. You shouldn't plant this perennial in tons! Unless you like snails... It is also advisable not to put the liver balm too densely and to let the soil between the individual plants dry out from time to time.

Protect liver balm from snails

Anyone who plants the liver balm in order to be able to admire its flowers should protect it from snails. It is not always necessary to collect the animals in the evening. There are other options, such as keeping beneficial insects:

• Hedgehog
• frogs
• Toads
• Ducks
• Design the garden close to nature
• Provide shelter: hedges, dead wood, piles of leaves, bushes

You can also build natural barriers to keep snails away. Among other things, these slimy animals don't like to crawl over anything that is dry like:

• lime
• sand
• Rock flour
• Wood ash
• sawdust

Here are other ways to keep snails away from liver balm:

• Attach the snail fence (min. 15 cm high, with sharp and outward-facing edges)
• regular chopping of the soil destroys snail eggs
• Frame planting made from aromatic herbs such as thyme and hyssop

Liver balm as bait for snails

Some gardeners also plant the liver balm because they intend to use it to keep snails away from other perennials or vegetables. The snails prefer the liver balm to most other vegetables. To do this, you should put the liver balm in the immediate vicinity of the other endangered and protected plants, preferably several copies.