• Blemgo@lemmy.world
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    Alternatively you can also use aluminium. Snails have a natural allergy to aluminium due to a reaction happening between the metal and their slime. Therefore they will avoid aluminium at all cost.

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    You can also use Diatomaceous Earth. Same concept, it’s extremely sharp and jagged little flakes that shred through them. It also dries them out at the same time.

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        It tastes nothing like Chex Mix. Trust me. More like salt with maybe a little dirt mixed in. You can get food-grade D.E.

        It’s also a natural flea treatment if you can’t use chemical treatment for whatever reason. Does the same thing as to the snails. Shreds the exoskeleton and dries them out

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          Cockroaches are bad in my neighborhood, walk the dogs at night and you see them scurrying across the sidewalks.
          I sprinkle DE all around the outside edges of my house, especially any nooks or gaps, paying attention to porches and doors; it goes under and behind the stove, fridge, shelves, etc.
          Besides a few spiders, flies and mosquitoes I get no critters in my place.

  • MewtwoLikesMemes@lemmy.world
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    Why didn’t you just share the image page itself rather than the website page that the image is initially on? That way, I can view this image on Lemmy without having to go to that other site.