For the person who found they had snails in their pots: A while or so back, I found I had snails and was wondering about how to get rid of them. It turned out that some research had been done and that caffeine had been found to kill snails. Caffeine could be found by purchasing no-doze and other items like that in the drug store. If someone remembered how much needed to be used in a gallon, it would be nice to hear about again. I found that this spring/summer almost all of the snails disappeared from my collection. Don't know if it was just because some of the pots would dry out more, because there are some that I just don't let get completely dry, and that would allow them to still be around. I do have an overwhelming supply of pillbugs which annoy me very much, though if I were to hang out after watering I could take a pin or something and collect them after they come up for air. Never thought they would thrive after putting so many plants into sphagnum, but as one list member pointed out, they just get smaller than in bark and seemingly more numerous. One thing you could do since you are thinking about repotting anyways is to take each out of the pot, dump the old media, set the plant roots into a glass of mountain dew soda (tons of caffeine) for a little bit; afterwards, just toss the soda, rinse the roots and put into a new pot. I tried the caffeinated soda into the media idea, and though the snails disappeared I should've used 'diet' soda, as the mold took right off (sigh) because of all of the sugar.
just a thought, charles -- Charles Ufford Calen the Border Collie CGC - now in Heaven Oriskany, NY USA IPA, Central NY and Southern Tier Orchid Societies [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.paphiopedilum.net Http://www.geocities.com/charlesufford
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