A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 What are these gross looking things?

I sure hope they make it as well Loz!

Well I guess we'll find out.....it's honestly the grossest looking thing.......

I should start selling them to the pet stores......I think I paid 1.50 for each of mine.

loz - I really hope your eggs make it in the water.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but on the website, applesnail.net, under the "care" section, it says...

"It's important to keep the eggs in a moist, but not wet environment. Never keep these eggs under water (this will drown the embryos)! "

I really hope that at least a few make it for you.
My fingers are crossed!

Oh man, I hope they didn't die!

Then again who knows how many snails are already in the pond...when we drain it out it might be full of them!

I have been looking for pond snails, but no one around here sells them..

Well shoot, come fall when we make the pond bigger and drain it out I could send you some probably.........depending on how many I have in there.

That would be wonderful..do they stay in the pond over winter?

I guess it just depends on how deep your pond is, whether they make it or not..... I'm not sure...we are redoing our pond in the fall to make it at least 3 feet deep so we can overwinter the fish in it.

That is WILD I don't think I've ever seen anything like that. How great that it's a good thing tho!

I know, I couldn't believe it! I never thought I'd have something like that......I thought the snails just laid their eggs under the plants or something.

Loz:

It's funny to know how much you learn here eh?! I honestly thought they (snails) laid their eggs under a plant or something too! Well good luck them them... I'm pretty sure they might die... But if not, here's to selling them for $2 each at Wal Mart! (Afterall, you can claim the extra .50 cents on Emotional Distress!)

Ijust saw that pic and I'm telling you...they are LUCKY they aren't in my yard....(Idon'y have a pond yet) I would've RAN to get Doug to squish/remove that sac... EEEEEWWWWWWWW!! gave me the creeps just looking at it!!

Trust me, it gave me major creeps.... But at the same time it was sort of cool too.

So, did they hatch, or not?? Are you the proud mama of snails??

I'm not sure....I made a boo-boo and knocked it off by accident....I was putting water in the pond and hit it and the water pushed it off the plant. I guess when we drain the pond in the fall we'll see what happens.

Another EWWWwwwwww!!! That egg sack looks yucky!

Guess I'm out-numbered here.
I think the egg sac is REALLY COOL!

well lynne, i'm with you. but i wouldn't let scott move the dead tree limb that the garden spider anchored her egg sac in either!