Eggshells In Garden Snails

Shells scattered around the plants would therefore build defensive walls.
Eggshells in garden snails. Eggshells keep slugs and snails away. Slugs and snails can be a real problem in the garden eating all those precious plants. Once again the slugs clearly don t mind the eggshells. But this time we aged the eggshells by leaving them out in the rain for two weeks.
Eggshells will deter snails and slugs from your garden vegetable plants. Plus there is a lot of calcium in eggshells so you re adding natural fertilizer to the garden as well. Just crush the eggshells and place them on the soil around your plants. Do egg shells help stop snails from eating plants.
Do they really work. Snails and slugs are mollusks remember that from biology. This post even has a cool video showing slugs crawling. Eggshells control slugs according to most books and all kinds of gardening experts.
The sharp edges cut the slugs foot and so they stay away from your plants or so i am told. Some people believe that crushed eggshells can be used to form snail and slug barriers. But there are two things you need to know to make an effective snail and slug barrie. Children are usually fascinated with snails but home gardeners know that snails are hungry little critters that can quickly decimate a garden.
This time the unprotected leaf gets eaten too. I have discussed this myth before in eggshells control slugs do they really work. Is this just another garden myth or is there something to it.