Snails and Slugs (Ariophanta, Arion, Limax)

Symptoms

• They feed on the tender young shoots, roots and buds. Damage is caused during night.

Management

• Keep the field clean. Hand pick the snails and dip in hot water or salt solution.
• Sprinkle salt over wetted gunny bags placed in shady places near the orchard.
• Use heaps of leaves to trap the snails.
• Spread lime and wood ash to repel snails.
• In case of severe attack, broadcast the poison bait Metaldehyde 2.5 DP (Papaya stem waste bait).