Snails do not like crawling across eggshells. In fact that is the way we
maintain the seedlings in our garden, just put a ring of lightly crushed egg
shells around the seedlings and they are protected from the snails :)
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Sher Williams <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, 11 July 1998 0:44
Subject: Re: Dolomite for snails?
 
 
>Excellent, I am glad someone corrected me, now I know not to always listen
>to my mother (a health freak).
>
>Is there anything in it that may be harmful to snails?  And if snails
>ordinarily get there calcium from the dirt and the food they eat, could
>something similar (perhaps the chalk dust mantioned) be mixed into their
>dirt?
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aydin Orstan <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Tuesday, 7 July 1998 22:50
>Subject: Dolomite for snails?
>
>
>>Dolomite, the mineral, is not "pure calcium", it is CaMg(CO3)2. I don't
>know
>>if the snails can utilize it.
>>
>>A.
>>