infestation of snails, slugs

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triciasmith4269 North De Land, FL Apr 06, 2014

I have quite a few large gardens in Central Florida. The past 2 months we had alot of rain. This year I am seeing slugs and snails in massive proportions eating/killing everything from my milkweed to vegetable garden beds and every bed and boarder in between. 98% of my plants are nectar and host for butterflies. I went and purchased diamethiacus earth from the only place I could find it (that wasn't a pool store or for pool use). It says "fine" and I read its the texture that keeps the slimies away and the man said this would work (and if not I can deworm my dog with it). Before I go and spread this around every plant (almost an acre of beds) any suggestions how to get rid of this problem? Or the proper way ro use the "earth"? Thank you.

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drdawg43 Starkville, MS(Zone 8a) Apr 06, 2014

I use Slug-B-Gone in my greenhouses and it seems to be effective. This is in the form of pellets and the pellets last approximately 6-8 weeks. I don't know what you should do with an acre of outside gardens/flower beds.

Ken

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