How do you get rid of garden snails?

Move to a dry climate. We have very few snails or slugs.

We used to pour salt on them.

Faye,

This is so easy! Skip the beer and save it for other purposes.

Now to do something about the snails in the garden and elsewhere.

Ordinary table salt or Epsom Salt sprinkled on the ground does the trick, it dissolves them. If you choose Epsom Salt, be sure to not get it on your garden plants, it will burn them, but it is also a valuable nutrient (magnesium) for them, so keep it on the soil only. You can use these salts anywhere the snails are-on the deck, on the house, etc.

Best to you!

Hi Faye! I know it is really a challenge. Check out these sites Faye and see if you feel they can will help you. Sometimes it is the most basic things that work the best. Good luck to you!

https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Garden-Slugs

https://www.smilinggardener.com/organic-pest-control/how-to-get-rid-of-slugs-and-snails/

https://dengarden.com/gardening/Hwo-to-Rid-Your-Garden-of-Slugs-and-Snails

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+do+you+get+rid+of+garden+snails&qpvt=how+do+you+get+rid+of+garden+snails&FORM=VDRE

http://practicalpermaculture.com/2011/07/eleven-ways-to-get-rid-of-slugs-and-snails/

Trying salt is a great idea. Also have you tried specific snail killer products, there are loads available from different online stores. I use this one for my garden https://www.harrodhorticultural.com/sluggo-slug-and-snail-killer-800g-pid10409.html

If you don't want to use chemicals there are some good non-chemical remedies on this site https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=231

Get a duck....female is best....

Salt them...I take a salt shaker out and salt them, they 'sizzle' and die or crush egg shells and put them around your plants, the sharp edges cut them (the snails that is, not the plants. lol))

Hi there Faye, it might sound silly but we have a few overturned flowerpots, with a stone placed under the rim to lift them up a bit, scattered around our garden. We check them every few days for snails. They like crawling inside. Grapefruit and orange halves work too. We also try watering our garden in the morning instead of the evening. Snails and slugs like moist conditions so by watering in the morning it gives the surface soil time to dry out by the evening when snails are most active.