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- Does lavender really help against snails?
- Snails do not like aromatic plants
- Lavender broth for snail defense
- Lavender mulch against snails
- Tips & Tricks
Does lavender really help against snails?
They come at night and eat vegetables and flowerbeds within a short time ratzekahl empty. Snails are a real plague for enthusiastic gardeners, especially if you do not want to resort to chemical agents such as Schneckenkorn & Co. But that's not always necessary, because with a few tricks you can make your garden inviting to snails.
Snails do not like aromatic plants
Each snail-haunting garden contains highly fragrant, aromatic herbs and other growths such as
You can take advantage of the aversion of the voracious molluscs against the listed plants by planting dense - at least one meter wide - herb hedges as bedding borders.
Lavender broth for snail defense
Furthermore, there is a natural, non-chemical possibility of snail control. Make dried lavender flowers into a strong broth that you use to spray your plants regularly. This brew is made like tea, but it has to be drawn for a few hours. Incidentally, garlic water also helps outstandingly. The brew is prepared as follows:
Lavender mulch against snails
Furthermore, a mulch of cut and dried herbs (lavender, thyme, sage) promises relief against the snail plague. To do this, spread the small cut herbs such as mulch around plants and beds. The intense scent will keep the dreaded pests pretty reliable.
Tips & Tricks
Many hobby gardeners swear by so-called beer traps that are supposed to attract snails. For that you fill a cup with beer - preferably wheat beer - and bury it in the ground, the opening should remain free however. The snails will crawl in there and drown. However, use this trap only specifically and not constantly, otherwise more and more snails are attracted from the neighboring gardens.
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