What do you do with snails?

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I really don't like killing things, but the buggers are destroying my bean plants. Have put down some beer traps and do the midnight collecting thing and transport them to the front garden. Really don't want to salt them.

Does anyone else have moral qualms about harming snails? How do you deal with yours?

DH puts them on the patio and treads on them ( crunch )
I throw them onto the road

I using nematodes this year for the first time. Put them on the soil yesterday and apparently they stop eating after 3-5 days. I think it's primarily for slugs but does snails too.

We used nematodes for leatherjackets and they worked a treat. We've tried them for slugs in raised beds before and they seemed to work ok but not 100%. Probably just too many slugs.

I pick them up with a dog poo bag , tie it up and throw it in the bin... Murderer

I don't throw them over fences they bloody well come back.
I leave trays of beer round my nice plants and slugs and snails at least go out pissed, or I put them in our green bin and they go with all the compost, then to the council compost

Throw them in the pond, or on top of the garage roof, where I hope the birds get them.

I used to use nematodes until a toad set up residence in the garden.
For the past 3 years it's appeared in April and stays for the summer, I don't know if its the same one each year. We haven't got a pond or water feature but I've made a little toad house with a plant pot in a shady corner. Hardly ever see a slug or a snail now .

We have resident frogs or toads under the shed (no pond) but still loads of snails. I put Vaseline round the top of all the pots which seems to stop the snails climbing in!

I feed them to the hens. They love them.

Another one using nematodes for first time this year, was pretty easy to use the pack, am hoping this will save my sweet peas

I read that they hate chilli, so if you mix some chilli paste with water and spray it on leaves, around pots etc they stay away. Has anyone tried that?

Write "fucker" on them, relocate them and see if they come back

Ah the snail fucker thread was hilarious. Although I seem to remember some people getting het up about writing on snails being cruel.

I resort to blue pellets. Despite umpteen toads (I dig the feckers up in the borders 😖) and frogs galore my humongous slugs and snails simply laugh at them I suspect.
I lob them as far as I can over the back fence into a steep, heavily wooded area, if they've got the ability to scale a nearly vertical slope then good for them 😀😀
I hate the way they congregate on the paths and steps......