Snails do not like aromatic plants
Every garden that is hostile to snails should have strongly fragrant, aromatic herbs and other plants such as
- lavender
- thyme Sage.
- garlic
- Nasturtiums
- as well as peonies.
You can take advantage of the voracious mollusks' aversion to the plants listed by using dense - at least one meter wide - Herbal hedges as border borders plants.
Lavender brew to ward off snails
There is also a natural, non-chemical way of fighting snails. Make sure from dried lavender flowers a strong brew with which you spray your plants regularly. This brew is made like tea, but has to steep for a few hours. By the way, garlic water is also a great help. The brew is made as follows:
- Scald two or three handfuls of dried ones Lavender flowers with a liter of boiling water.
- You can also add finely chopped cloves of garlic.
- Let the mixture steep for a few hours until the lavender water has cooled.
- Strain off the solid components and pour the scented water into a spray bottle.
- Now spray the endangered plants with the lavender water - especially around the root area.
- Repeat this measure every few days, definitely after every downpour.
Lavender mulch against snails
Furthermore one promises Mulch(€ 239.00 at Amazon *) the end cut and dried herbs (Lavender, thyme, sage) Remedy against the snail plague. To do this, distribute the chopped herbs like mulch over a large area around plants and beds. The intense scent will keep the dreaded pests away quite reliably.
Tips & Tricks
Many hobby gardeners swear by so-called beer traps, which are supposed to attract snails. To do this, fill a mug with beer - wheat beer is best - and bury it in the ground, leaving the opening free. The snails will crawl in there and drown. However, only use this trap in a targeted manner and not constantly, otherwise more and more snails will also be attracted from the neighboring gardens.
IJA