Eco-Shield Organic Snail & Slug Killer (600g)

Eco-Shield Organic Snail & Slug Killer (600g)

Eco-Shield is a premium, eco-friendly molluscicide designed to protect your seedlings and prized plants without the risks associated with traditional snail baits. Using a specialized Iron EDTA complex, it effectively stops snails and slugs from feeding almost immediately after ingestion. They then crawl away from the plant to die, leaving no messy slime trails on your foliage. Unlike older "blue" baits containing metaldehyde or methiocarb, Eco-Shield is Registered Organic and designed to break down into nutrients for the soil, making it a responsible choice for the modern, sustainable garden.

Best For Gardeners who want to protect their vegetable patches and flower beds while ensuring the total safety of local wildlife, pets, and children.

Key Features

• Low-Toxicity Formula: Specifically developed to be safer for domestic pets, dogs, cats, and native wildlife (such as blue-tongue lizards and birds) that might encounter the pellets.

• Immediate Crop Protection: Once snails or slugs consume the bait, they lose their appetite instantly, meaning your plants are protected even before the pest actually expires.

• Weather Resistant: The pellets are engineered to be mold-resistant and rain-fast, remaining effective and attractive to pests even after light rain or scheduled watering.

• Registered Organic: Certified for use in organic gardens, ensuring that no synthetic poisons are introduced into your home-grown food chain.

• Soil Friendly: As the pellets eventually break down, they degrade into iron and phosphate, which are natural micronutrients that can be utilized by your plants.

Specifications

• Brand: Organic Crop Protectants (OCP)

• Weight: 600g

• Format: Pellets (Granular)

• Active Ingredient: 60g/kg Iron EDTA Complex

• Certification: Registered Organic (Allowed Input)

Ideal For (Uses)

• Vegetable Seedlings: Protecting vulnerable young greens like lettuce, bok choy, and kale that are often targeted overnight by slugs.

• Lush Ornamentals: Shielding Hostas, Lilies, and Marigolds—the favorite "snacks" of snails—ensuring your garden display remains intact.

• Fruit Patches: Safe for use around strawberries and citrus trees where traditional baits could pose a risk to the quality of the harvest.

• Potted Collections: Keeping indoor and outdoor pots free from hidden snails that hide under the rims or in the drainage holes.

Pro Tip: Do not heap the pellets in piles. For maximum effectiveness, scatter them evenly around the plants at a rate of approximately 1 teaspoon per square meter. Snails are most active in damp conditions, so applying the bait in the early evening after a light watering or rain will produce the best results.