Snails, Slugs, Hedgehogs etc.

We don't have hedgehogs where I am (that I know of) in Houston but I believe they eat bugs mostly. Not sure if they eat plants or not.

The only role that I know of for the slug or snail is to munch on the plants and buds you most like. Sluggo is a good remedy for them, although it may take more than one treatment. Sluggo is also pet friendly.

Personally I would leave the hedgehog alone and kill off the slugs and snails. Unless I heard right and hedgehogs eat those too.

Shell

Definitely encourage them.

Food for the hedgehogs.

Anthony

Yes, if there are no dogs in the garden

To be eaten by thrushes, to be trodden underfoot, to be drowned, to be poisoned if all else fails.

Franz

Frenchmen eat snails. A slug is a naked snail.

Mannnnnnny thanks for your interesting and prompt response.

Thanks a bunch.

However would prefer not to use pellets as I would not wish anything similar to happen to me.

Remember the old West Country (English) saying:-

Take care of yourselves, and take care of each other.

Happppppy Everythings,

LenBo

St George wrote ".......Probably an old Chestnut but am new to this N.G. .........."

Which one? You are multiple posting.

Ha-cha-cha-cha.

Definitely encouraged. They have an amazing appetite for garden pests.

To make sure your delphiniums don't gang up on you and take over your property.

To teach humility to gardeners who thought they could follow the Old Testament mandate to "conquer the earth, and subdue it".

Seriously, they eat just about everything, and the more valuable the plant, the more delectable they seem to find it.

And all the stuff in the compost heap too. Which is good. They also attract other wildlife - like hedgehogs - which also eat other "baddies".

Whatever turns you on.

That's exactly what a slug is. The only difference between the two is the shell. Whether that qualifies slugs to appear in rec.gardens.EDIBLE is a question I can't answer.

Well... a slug is EDIBLE, and can be found in your garden.

Ray

Recipe for Slug Fritters:

And of course slugs go good with worms:

Hedgehogs do eat snails and slugs then? I wasn't sure. I think I need several in my back yard.

Shell

Thank you; now I know. Please feel free to help yourself.

Goodman"

rec.gardens.EDIBLE is

Sorry. Snails are unclean.

Ray

Hedgehogs should be encouraged as they are the gardeners friend, they eat bugs etc. Snails and slugs I am not so sure of. We encourage and feed hedgehogs, the same as lace wings they do a lot of good in the garden and as much as possible we plant herbs and flowers such as marigolds that discourage insects rather then using insecticides.

If you like holes in the ground, encourage hedgehogs. I personally think they are a pain in the ass. Ducks will take care of your snails. Slugs and snails are plant parasites and shoudl be treated like the vermin they are. Nuke the bastards. - Thanks, C.

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What does "unclean" mean? If I understand it correctly, edible snails are fed on bran or suchlike for a couple of days before being dished up at a meal.

Franz