Yes, that is precisely why we use them. You should not crush the shells,
just break the egg shells into small pieces and place around your plants.
The snails do not like crawling over the sharp surfaces of the broken egg
shells I imagine. For whatever reason though, it works.
Cheers,
BruceL
-----Original Message-----
From: Lucy Clampit <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, 11 July 1998 3:09
Subject: Re: Dolomite for snails?
 
 
>Do you know if the egg shells would keep slugs away from plants?
>Lucy Clampit
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Livett Family [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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>Subject:        Re: Dolomite for snails?
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>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.
>>>
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