Controlling slugs and snails. Save your plantings from destructive slugs and snails with Dr. T’s Nature Products® Slug & Snail Killer. Treats up to 1,700 square feet.
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Frustrated gardeners and homeowners can now win the battle against slugs and snails in their gardens and landscaping. These mollusks are a major agricultural pest in many areas of the world, and now, they have met their match!
Dr. T’s Nature Products® Slug & Snail Killer is a new, unique natural product in the control of destructive slugs and snails. Dr. T’s Nature Products® Slug & Snail Killer contains a powerful bait that is highly attractive to slugs and snails. In fact, independent field tests show garden snails and slugs prefer to eat the bait rather than live plants. Control for snails and slugs has never been easier!
The concentrated iron, sodium ferric EDTA, in Dr. T’s Nature Products® Slug & Snail Killer is also cost effective since less product is needed for snail and slug control than with iron phosphate-based baits.
When slugs and snails ingest this sodium ferric bait, it interferes with their digestive process and makes them stop eating immediately. After retreating to a safe hiding place, this bait kills slugs and snails within 3-6 days, making this both a powerful and easy-to-use slug and snail garden pest control product.
Unlike the synthetic product metaldehyde, Dr. T’s Nature Products® Slug & Snail Killer is safe for use around pets, wildlife and edible crops. In addition, it will not harm beneficial insects, making this the best slug and snail control product for gardens. Since iron is naturally found in soil, this snail and slug bait will not persist in the environment like a synthetic formula.
This 1 lb. granular bait covers up to 1,700 square feet. Application of this slug and snail control product lasts up to 2 weeks.
Dr. T’s Nature Products® offers a variety of innovative solutions to effectively control nuisance animals and insects by providing powerful, natural products for your specific needs.
Dr. T’s Nature Products® Slug & Snail Killer - Specifications
Product Features:
Cost effective since less product is needed for slug and snail control than with iron phosphate based baits
Stops slugs and snails from feeding after they ingest product
Safe for use around pets, wildlife and edible crops
Will not harm beneficial insects
Will not persist in the environment like a synthetic formula
Weather-resistant outdoor application
What's in the Box:
1 bottle
Specifications:
1 lb. granular presentation
Covers 1,700 feet
Contains the concentrated iron, Sodium Ferric EDTA (6.00%), as active ingredient
Reapplication of product needed after bait is consumed at 14 day intervals
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I sprinkled these granules around my plants and areas where slugs have been seen. The next day no more slugs.
You can use these around vegetable plants, which some other baits you cannot.
I will continue to use these granules.
Review Posted on Amazon.com July 26, 2011
Reviewer: I.R. Smart
My wife and I have a SERIOUS snail/slug infestation out in our yard (Seattle, WA). Been driving us crazy for a while now, since they eat all the plants like nobody's business. Anyway, a nice sprinkling of this at night last week and the munching of the vegetation has been reduced to basically nothing. I was out a few nights ago and saw some slugs on the sidewalk, so I grabbed my container of Slug and Snail killer and sprinkled a few rolls (they look like tiny, solid, pink sausages!) in front of the slug. It went right over to the "killer" and started eating. Gross! Sucking away on it, unaware of its fate...
I feel slightly sick when I read on the label that it destroys their digestive system. Heck, it basically causes the snails/slugs to starve to death. Cruel? Yes. Effective? Absolutely.
Slugs are in the Mollusks class of Gastropoda, which is the second largest class in the animal kingdom (the largest class is insects).
Slugs weigh about 300 milligrams – weight of 1 penny = 9 slugs!
Reproduction/Life Cycle
The life cycle of a slug consists of three stages: egg, immature adult and adult.
Eggs usually hatch in about three weeks, but slugs need moisture and the right soil conditions to survive so eggs can lay dormant for several years before hatching.
Diet
Slugs must live in moist environments in order to survive since they don’t retain moisture well. Besides drinking water, they can also soak up water through their skin.
Slugs munch on green flowering plants, flowers, strawberries, cabbage, lettuce and other vegetable plants.
A small slug can eat as much as it weighs and sometimes twice that amount in one night.
Habitat
As most gardeners know, slugs love gardens.
These nocturnal pests hide under rocks and in the earth.
They can also be found under ivy and similar low, ground-covering.
SNAILS
Facts
Snails belong to the Mollusk class. The brown garden snail causes much damage in gardens.
Like slugs, they must live in moist environments in order to survive. They may dig down several inches in mulch or soil to reach moisture and keep from drying up and dying.
Reproduction/Life Cycle
The life cycle of a snail consists of three stages: egg, immature adult and adult.
Snails are hermaphrodites; they can mate with any other snail.
Diet
Snails require a moist environment in order to survive since they cannot retain moisture well.
Besides drinking water, they can also soak up water through their skin.
Habitat
These nocturnal pests hide under rocks, in mulch, and in the earth.
They can also be found under ivy and similar low, ground-covering.
Ask Dr. T...About Slug and Snails and Their Control
Q: The plants in our garden have holes in the leaves, but I never see anything eating them. Could it be slugs or snails?
A: It easily could be. Slugs and snails are nocturnal so you most likely won’t see them unless you want to get up during the night and go out to your garden with a flashlight.
Q: How can I tell if I have slugs and snails?
A: An indicator of a slug or snail infestation is the slimy, mucous trail left behind. It’s very shimmery when dried and can be seen on plants and on the ground.
