The best thing is sluggo but you have to keep it applied, heavily, all the time, while snails and slugs are there. You can forget about egg shells and coffee grounds. I know, a lot of folks use them,k but really what are they? If you want something sharp put down those carpet tack strips. You need something that will kill them, not have them look for another way to invade. Sluggo works. If you have to leave town put a lot of it out.
I find it hard to believe that sluggo didn't work. If it didn't take pictures and document what happened or didn't happen. You probably have recourse
Maybe develop a taste for escargot; they are not TOO repulsive with lots of garlic butter and wine.
coper strips work great around pots. I also like night walks with a torch and putting out left over beer from last nights session slugs fall in after a few
DE works great when it is dry but if the soil is the slightest bit damp it doesn't. And once damp it basically solidifies and when it dries out and doesn't work at all. DE is great stuff though. You can put it in your pets food to eliminate intestinal worms. You can rub it into your pets fur and it is death on fleas. Barnyards and stables use it to keep down the fly population. But for slugs and snails, which depend upon dampness it will be about uselessI've read good things about diatomaceous earth too, although you have to re-apply it regularly (it's not as effective when it gets wet). Might be worth a try though
Well, I hate to see you surrender to a bunch of mindless bugs but you are in the perfect location to grow fruit trees. All of the citrus, some varieties of peaches and plums plus figs. Most of the tropicals too. Just about everything except apples and cherrys. Even some nut trees too.
Which pomegranate did you get? Wonderful or something else?
