How to Make a Beer Trap for Snails

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Tip 1 - How to Use Beer to Get Rid of Snails in Your Garden

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Al Ewers | permalink

Snails and slugs have long been giving backyard gardeners and organic farmers headaches. These small, slimy creatures reproduce quickly and voluminously, and feed on the leaves and roots of your carefully tended plants. Small seedlings and...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Beer-to-Get-Rid-of-Snails-in-Your-Garden ^[1]

Tip 2 - Slug Trap from Recycled Water Bottles

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by djalma soares | permalink

This is a beer-baited slug trap made from two empty drinking water bottles. It introduces no harmful chemicals into the garden and does not harm the...

For further reading: http://www.instructables.com/id/Slug-Trap-from-Recycled-Water-Bottles/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - Easy Beer Trap for Snails

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Satish Malapareddy | permalink

Here is an easy garden solution for dealing with slimy snails and slugs. From the experts at HGTV.com.

For further reading: http://videos.hgtv.com/video/easy-beer-trap-for-snails-62456 ^[3]

Tip 4 - Make a Slug Trap Out of a Used Plastic Bottle

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by David Manton | permalink

You can quickly put a slug trap together by cutting an empty plastic bottle into a tiny beer-pond. Not only is it quick and easy, but it means you don't have to dig the unsightly holes in your garden that would normally be used to create a beer-based slug trap.
Tags: Clever Uses, Gardening, Pest Control, Pests, Snails, Recycling, Lifehacker

For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5799849/make-a-slug-trap-out-of-a-used-plastic-bottle ^[4]