I have more snails than I care for. I don't know how much damage they do but I'd be glad to get rid of all of them. What's the solution?  I bought some granular snail bait for use in my strawberry patch and it seems to work to some degree. It didn't give me much success with my potted fig trees. I also tried something that was mixed with sawdust, but that didn't faze them at all. So help please.
"gene"

Maybe it's the cajun in me, but they're good eatin'.

Gene,

Sell them to a French restaurant.
Escargot on the menu?

But really, I think Lowes or Home Depot might have something to get rid of them. If I'm not mistaken it comes as granular and just sprinkle it around the area.

Good luck

Jason I can agree with you there but these just won't cut it. Now if you want some real meaty ones I can get you some like these. They are becoming a pest here. How many you want.
"gene"

Holy crap, those are huge!  I'm used to the ones that are smaller than the size of a silver dollar.

I'm must say that those are not the ones on my potted trees. Those are apple snails which have escaped or been dumped from peoples aquariums. They are taking over some areas. While fishing a few weeks back I saw a bunch of eggs on some cypress trees. The snails climb out of the water and lay the eggs above the water line. The eggs are bright pink and can't be missed.
"gene"

I bought a 3 pound box of snail bait from Walmart.. I put some in sardine or vienna sausage cans and put around my container plants. I usually wet it a little and punch a drain hole to drain the rain water. I try not to get the poison on the soil. I find the dead snails in the cans These are the little tan colored snails..

Snail bait works, but takes time.

See Mary's Snails. They actually work. The won't kill adults, but eliminate the baby population.

Brown garden snails! Until John posted that I had no idea what they were.

We had those damn things ALL OVER our yard in Poway (San Diego area).  I think they loved munching on all the ice plant nearby.  Years later when I got into food, I wondered if they were tasty or not.

Jason,

If you like snails then you will love Zebra Mussels.
Please, come to the Great lakes and take as much as you want.

sauteed in white wine with salt and pepper. stuff it in the shell and seal it with garlic parsley butter. keep it in the fridge until soild. bake in oven at 425 until it bubbles.

only done it with ones coming in can.:)

pete

Sluggo Plus works like magic with killing these pests. I use it every season.

Snails do not like ashes. If you have a wood stove or other access to ashes, spread the ashes around the fig pots. You could also put some ashes on top of the soil in the pots, but those might get watered into the soil.

Grant
Z5b

I'm glad to say I don't have them here.

I did notice the other day that my Conadria was getting annihilated by some kind of muncher.  I went out the other morning and found a green grasshopper the size of my pinky finger (!!!) near the top of the fig where the most damage was.  He blended in perfectly with the new growth he was sitting on.  I crushed his ass, and the chewing has subsided.  Amazing that little bastard stayed on for 2-3 days having a feast without me seeing him.

I haven't dealt with snails and so can't add any thoughts about what might work, but I'd be cautious about using ashes where they can get into the soil. I imagine they are probably helpful in the correct amounts, but I nearly killed a persimmon tree by dumping ashes underneath it, thinking they'd be great fertilizer. Bad idea. Most of the tree died, but a few new sprouts appeared and after about six years it is finally a little bigger than before the disaster.

Thanks for all the suggestion, I guess there's no easy way to do it.  I'll just keep picking and stomping them plus I'll add some of that snail bait, I can't see wasting beer on them.
"gene"

 I think, that wood ash is very acidic. ??    Fredfig

Excellent food for turtles, Blue tongue skinks and probably several other reptiles, but still glad I don't have to deal with them here.   

Wood ash is alkaline, raises soil ph, reduces acidity.

Grant
z5b

Man that is a big snail.......

Dan
Semper Fi-cus

One more tidbit. The snails come out at night and especially when it is damp or foggy. Around 10 p.m. is a good time to go out and catch/kill them - or real early in the morning.