Smae exact thing happened to me, ornata. Now I have the Corry's out and about the amaryllis; no more snails either!

The leaves are reforming nicely. No need to worry.

Yes. Just feed them well and get rid of the snails.

Thanks, both . That's good to know. (But what are the Corrys?)

I guess a snail repellant.

Corry's:

Here is a link that might be useful: Corry's® Slug & Snail Death

It is an English formula for snail and slug repellant. In fact, it is an old formula based on meta and bran. The old boxes used to say "Original English Formula-Impervious to Rain!"

My mum used it in England, and I use it here; especially at sweet pea planting time!

Here is another link to information on Corry's

http://www.cityfarmer.org/corry.html

Here is a link that might be useful: City Farmer

Personally I don't like to use slug bait that contains metaldehyde, because of possible (perhaps minimal?) risk to other wildlife. For plants in the ground I've been using pellets based on iron phosphate, which seem to work. For plants in pots I think I'll buy myself some copper tape.

Okay, but it won't be as successful if you have a lot of them.

And I have never harmed a pet (or any other animal) yet with meta.

I have the same problem when I put out my amaryllis for the summer. I use Sluggo - no problem with other animals getting poisoned and it works great. I live in CA and we've got LOTS of snails and slugs.

BettyN

I think the formula for Sluggo is pretty much the same as the brand I use in the UK.

However... in the past couple of weeks I've seen several song-thrushes in my garden, including young ones. There are broken snail-shells on the patio and other hard surfaces - clear evidence of the welcome dietary habits of these lovely birds. It's making me think twice about using any form of mollusc control, although realistically a few thrushes alone won't solve the problem, and presumably they only eat snails and not slugs.