Ostrow.
Firstly I would do as Davy suggests if you don't get an infestation of snails. Then there's Williams idea of salt. I would advise caution against using table salt as these contain harmful chemicals that will be absorbed by plants. What William calls hypotonic is called Osmosis.( You would have learned that in 4 yr biology-basic stuff-can you remember the humble Amoeba?!). Use proper tonic salt with no chems in it. However there is a danger that there is a chance that you could kill your plants and still have snails. You see snail eggs are quite impervious to chems. Strong salt solution can, using osmotic action draw out the amnoitic fluid within the snails egg, but the snail will cocoon itself in a strong mucus,its own defence and could still survive. However, Once hatched and/or the shell in compromised, the snail is vulnerable to chems and other forms of elimination. You need to get to that stage.
What I have learned to do is when I put plants in-and this is the boring part. I make up a strong solution of salt in a bowl and individually clean each leaf in the solution by running my fingers over leaves. If you are doing this to cambomba you need to be quite delicate. After cleaning each plant carefully, leaf,stem and roots, I leave them out on a damp cloth for a few minutes while I examine them carefully for damage etc. I then rinse the plants is clean water and then I'm in a position to plant them. It all seems a lot of work to "push" in a few plants, but the rewards are tenfold, and hopefully you will not have any unwanted guests. :laugh: :what:
Firstly I would do as Davy suggests if you don't get an infestation of snails. Then there's Williams idea of salt. I would advise caution against using table salt as these contain harmful chemicals that will be absorbed by plants. What William calls hypotonic is called Osmosis.( You would have learned that in 4 yr biology-basic stuff-can you remember the humble Amoeba?!). Use proper tonic salt with no chems in it. However there is a danger that there is a chance that you could kill your plants and still have snails. You see snail eggs are quite impervious to chems. Strong salt solution can, using osmotic action draw out the amnoitic fluid within the snails egg, but the snail will cocoon itself in a strong mucus,its own defence and could still survive. However, Once hatched and/or the shell in compromised, the snail is vulnerable to chems and other forms of elimination. You need to get to that stage.
What I have learned to do is when I put plants in-and this is the boring part. I make up a strong solution of salt in a bowl and individually clean each leaf in the solution by running my fingers over leaves. If you are doing this to cambomba you need to be quite delicate. After cleaning each plant carefully, leaf,stem and roots, I leave them out on a damp cloth for a few minutes while I examine them carefully for damage etc. I then rinse the plants is clean water and then I'm in a position to plant them. It all seems a lot of work to "push" in a few plants, but the rewards are tenfold, and hopefully you will not have any unwanted guests. :laugh: :what:
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