My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--
http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

On 25 Jun, 16:21, Mogga wrote:
My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for deliveryhttp://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

Scatter some salt around the area.
Should keep the snails away.

Mark.

wrote:
On 25 Jun, 16:21, Mogga wrote:
My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for
deliveryhttp://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk Or get it delivered for free

Scatter some salt around the area.
Should keep the snails away.

It might season the concrete so they enjoy it more :-) Go on, add some
black pepper as well :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:47:16 -0700, wrote:

On 25 Jun, 16:21, Mogga wrote:
My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for deliveryhttp://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

Scatter some salt around the area.
Should keep the snails away.

Mark.

In this weather it'll all wash well away - but I've already told her
this.
--
http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On 25 Jun, 16:21, Mogga wrote:
My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for
deliveryhttp://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk Or get it delivered for free

Scatter some salt around the area.
Should keep the snails away.

It might season the concrete so they enjoy it more :-) Go on, add some
black pepper as well :-)


Anyone else had a snail infestation these last few months?

They have not eaten my mortar but are over the house walls (outside),
pathways and fences. Even on the van wheels in a morning. I wonder how far I
drive before they fall off?

Adam

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:56:01 GMT, "ARWadsworth"
wrote:


"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
...
wrote:
On 25 Jun, 16:21, Mogga wrote:
My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for
deliveryhttp://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk Or get it delivered for free

Scatter some salt around the area.
Should keep the snails away.

It might season the concrete so they enjoy it more :-) Go on, add some
black pepper as well :-)


Anyone else had a snail infestation these last few months?

They have not eaten my mortar but are over the house walls (outside),
pathways and fences. Even on the van wheels in a morning. I wonder how far I
drive before they fall off?


When I was a teenager I waited with a friend at the end of my driveway
for her dad to arrive. We wondered what the crunching underfoot was
and it turned out to be - as we saw in the car headlights when it
arrived - lots and lots of snails.
--
http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

In article ,
"ARWadsworth" writes:

Anyone else had a snail infestation these last few months?

There are always loads around my garden.

They have not eaten my mortar but are over the house walls (outside),
pathways and fences. Even on the van wheels in a morning. I wonder how far I
drive before they fall off?

One snail here has been doing 70MPH up and down the M3,
on my wing mirror. In this today's rain, it seems to
have decided to move off somewhere else.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

ARWadsworth wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message ...
wrote:
On 25 Jun, 16:21, Mogga wrote:
My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch
and claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
And what's the cure?
--http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for
deliveryhttp://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk Or get it delivered for
free

Scatter some salt around the area.
Should keep the snails away.

It might season the concrete so they enjoy it more :-) Go on, add
some black pepper as well :-)


Anyone else had a snail infestation these last few months?

Yup! Provided Noah doesn't come by this evening with his ark, you will
find plenty more over the next few weeks. I'm guessing this will be a
bumper year for snails.

They have not eaten my mortar but are over the house walls (outside),
pathways and fences. Even on the van wheels in a morning. I wonder
how far I drive before they fall off?

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter
--
Add my middle initial to email me. It has become attached to a country
www.the-brights.net

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?
--
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk

mogga wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
No,

And what's the cure?
Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?
weather

Broadback wrote:

mogga wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?
No,

And what's the cure?
Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?
weather

And time, movement as well.

Peter
--
Add my middle initial to email me. It has become attached to a country
www.the-brights.net

mogga wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?

Mummy & Daddy sanails :-)


--
Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:

mogga wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?

Mummy & Daddy sanails :-)

Nope, MummyDaddy & MummyDaddy snails, they are hermaphrodites you see.

Peter
--
Add my middle initial to email me. It has become attached to a country
www.the-brights.net

On Jun 27, 10:46 pm, (Peter Ashby) wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:





mogga wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?

Mummy & Daddy sanails :-)

Nope, MummyDaddy & MummyDaddy snails, they are hermaphrodites you see.

Peter


Can one mummydaddy snail make baby snails on its own? (he asked,
returning the topic to DIY)

R

"RobertL" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Jun 27, 10:46 pm, (Peter Ashby) wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:





mogga wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch
and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter

So what does cause them?

Mummy & Daddy sanails :-)

Nope, MummyDaddy & MummyDaddy snails, they are hermaphrodites you see.

Peter


Can one mummydaddy snail make baby snails on its own? (he asked,
returning the topic to DIY)

No

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfact...iles/415.shtml

It would be interesting if someone asked you "to go **** yourself" and then
you got pregnant by doing so. The birth certificate would look interesting.

Adam

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:15:58 GMT, (Peter
Ashby) wrote:

Mogga wrote:

My BF's mum pointed out some big gaps in the mortar on her porch and
claims the snails are eating it.

Do they?

No,

And what's the cure?

Fill the gaps. the snails will be taking advantage of the gaps as
somewhere safe to rest, not causing them.

Peter


Snails can also gnaw through limestone. They eat the little bits of
chalk in the rock, which they need for their shells (calcium).
http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/SIS/MAIN...estions.html#1

So if it was lime mortar? (does mortar have lime in it?)
--
http://www.orderonlinepickupinstore.co.uk
Ah fetch it yourself if you can't wait for delivery
http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk
Or get it delivered for free

replying to Mogga, Jo wrote:
Mortar has lime in it and that is calcium carbonate (CC).
Snails need CC for their shells.

--
for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...ar-404488-.htm