Many of my hostas are coming up now so I checked them for snails and slugs. I did not see any at all on the hostas. We had a good rain yesterday and another good rain storm last night, so when I went down to check the daylilies this morning, I was a little surprised to find quite a few snails and slugs on them. They were munching away leaving shredded leavs behind. So this is a reminder that my first spraying with ammonia to kill the slugs and snails was on March 19th 2018. I spray every year and this year I could not remember how much ammonia to mix with a gallon of water, so I experimented a little. A one to five mixture actually seemed to work, but slowly and I am not sure it actually killed the snails or just temporarily stunned them, they did not melt away. So next time I will try a little stronger solution. I have seen it suggested to use a 1:1 mixture but that seems like a lot of ammonia to me.
Sill no scapes, I keep looking and hoping but nothing so far.
Here are a few photos taken today from around the yard.
We did have some very hard wind and rain yesterday and last night plus some frost damage from a week or so back, so the blooms are not as pretty as they could be, but still it looks like spring is here.
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