CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to lay snail soil (how to lay snail soil beautifully)

1. Should the soil for raising snails be loose or tight?

It is best to use moist, loose, humus-rich soil for snails, and to prevent the soil from hardening, it is best to replace it once every six months or a year.

2. How to choose and process the soil for snail breeding?

Snails, like other terrestrial mollusks, have the habit of living, laying eggs and hatching in the soil. They are also soil animals and like to eat humus and suck water in the soil, especially young snails. Therefore, when breeding snails artificially, the disinfection and laying thickness of the soil for snail breeding are particularly important.

Disinfection of breeding soil

(1) High temperature treatment

① Sunlight disinfection: Place the prepared breeding soil on a clean cement floor, wooden board, iron sheet or plastic film, spread a thin layer, and expose it to the sun for 3 to 15 days to kill a large number of pathogen spores, hyphae, pest eggs, pests, nematodes, etc.

②Steam sterilization: There are two methods: steam sterilization and sterilization cabinet sterilization.

Steaming sterilization: Put the breeding soil in the steamer and heat it to 60-100℃ for 30-60 minutes.

Disinfection in a disinfection cabinet: Convert a large gasoline barrel or box with a lid into a steam disinfection cabinet, insert a pipe through its wall, and connect it to a steam furnace (heating boiler, etc.). Then put the breeding soil into the cabinet (barrel), open the air inlet valve, and let the steam enter the gap between the soil layers (be careful not to seal the lid too tightly to prevent explosion). After 30 minutes, most bacteria, fungi, nematodes and insects can be killed, and most weed seeds can lose their vitality.

③Boiling disinfection: Pour the breeding soil into the pot, add water and boil for 30 to 60 minutes, then filter out the water and let it dry until the temperature reaches a suitable level.

④Boiling water disinfection: Pour the breeding soil into an iron bucket, fill it with 100℃ boiling water until the soil is submerged, then cover and seal it overnight to kill ants, centipedes, eggs of miscellaneous insects, germs in the soil, and destroy residual pesticides. The next day, pour out the soil in the bucket, filter the water, crush it, dry it, and place it in the breeding box or pool.

⑤ Fire burning (frying) disinfection: Put the breeding soil in an iron pot or iron plate and burn it with fire. After the soil particles become dry, burn it for another 0.5 to 2 hours. This can completely kill the bacteria and pests in the soil.

(2) Chemical treatment

①Formaldehyde (Formalin): There are 3 treatment methods.

Treatment 1: Sprinkle 40% formaldehyde (400-500 ml) diluted with 50 times water evenly on each square meter of the breeding soil, then pile up the soil, cover with plastic film, and seal for 24-48 hours. Remove the covering, spread the soil, and wait until the formaldehyde gas is completely volatilized.

Treatment 2: Spray the breeding soil with 0.5% formaldehyde, mix well and pile it up, seal it with plastic film for 5 to 7 days, then peel off the film to allow the smell of the medicine to evaporate.

Treatment 3: Sand and gravel breeding soil can be directly soaked in 50-100 times formaldehyde solution for 2-4 hours. After draining the liquid, rinse it with clean water 2-3 times.

②Sulfur powder: There are 2 processing methods.

Treatment 1: Apply 80-90 grams of sulfur powder per square meter of breeding soil and mix well.

Treatment 2: Sprinkle 25-30 grams per square meter on the plowed land and turn the land to kill the bacteria.

③ Lime powder: Use lime powder to disinfect the breeding soil, which can kill insects and sterilize, and also neutralize the acidity of the soil. There are two treatment methods.

Treatment 1: Apply 90-120 grams of lime powder per square meter of breeding soil and mix thoroughly.

Treatment 2: Sprinkle lime powder at a dosage of 30 to 40 grams per square meter on the plowed land for disinfection.

④ Carbendazim: Apply 40g of 50% carbendazim powder per square meter of breeding soil, mix well and cover with film for 2 to 3 days. After removing the film, wait for the smell of the medicine to evaporate.

⑤ Mancozeb: Apply 60g of 65% Mancozeb powder per square meter of breeding soil, mix well and cover with plastic film for 2 to 3 days. After removing the film, wait for the smell of the medicine to evaporate.

⑥ Chloropicrin: stack the breeding soil or substrate layer by layer, 20 to 30 cm per layer, evenly spread 50 ml of chloropicrin per square meter per layer, and stack up to 3 to 4 layers. After quickly stacking, cover with plastic film and seal. Keep it for 10 days when the temperature is above 20℃, and keep it for 15 days when the temperature is above 15℃, then remove the film and turn it over several times to fully disperse the chloropicrin.

⑦N-methylnaphthalene and methylamine mixture: Apply 5% N-methylnaphthalene and methylamine, 6% snail ester, 5% diazinon and 3% marathon mixture to the breeding soil and mix well. It can kill ants, centipedes, ground beetles, burying beetles and mold in the soil.

⑧Phoxim: When underground pests in the soil of the snail breeding area are seriously harmful, you can use 0.1 kg of 50% phoxim and add 10 kg of bait to make poison bait, and spread it on the breeding ground to lure and kill the snails.

⑨ Trichlorfon: When underground pests in the soil of the snail breeding area are seriously harmful, you can use 0.5 kg of 90% trichlorfon crystals and add 50 kg of bait to make poison bait, and spread it on the breeding ground to lure and kill the snails.

⑩Others: Lime chloride, methyl bromide, benomyl, etc. can also be used for soil disinfection.

Note: Wear a mask and gloves when performing drug disinfection to prevent the drug from being inhaled into the mouth and contacting the skin. Rinse your mouth after work and wash your hands and face carefully with soap.

(3) Equipment processing

① Microwave disinfection machine: Use a microwave disinfection machine consisting of a 30-kilowatt high-wave radiation device and a microwave radiation plate to disinfect the breeding soil.

② Flame soil disinfection machine: This machine uses gasoline as fuel to heat the soil, which can make the soil temperature reach 79-87°C, which can kill various pathogenic microorganisms and pests.

3. How to breed Red Mountain Snail?

Snails are molluscs, and it is relatively easy to raise them. Unlike puppies, they often dismantle furniture. In life, snails are everywhere, and you can see them in fields, hills, and roadsides. They just like dark and humid places.

Feeding Box

Snails can be kept in boxes made of glass, plastic or other materials. The best ones are transparent, so that the snails can be observed easily. The size of the box depends on the size of the snail. Generally speaking, it is best to choose a larger box to allow the snail to have a certain amount of space to move around. The box cannot be sealed, but must have a gap to allow air to circulate inside the box. It is better to have a larger box because 6 to 8 cm thick soil needs to be placed inside the box as a habitat for the snail.

Spread breeding soil

After choosing a box for snails, you need to spread a layer of sterilized soil in the box. You can dig some soil from the vegetable field and spread it on the bottom of the box. The height is about one-fourth of the box. Because snails like a humid environment, the soil must be kept moist and not too dry. Therefore, you need to spray the soil with water according to the dryness of the soil. The soil can be made of garden soil, sand, yellow sand, cinder ash, and stone powder. Mix them in a ratio of 3:3:2:1:5:0.5 and expose them to the sun for several days for disinfection. Then add water and the humidity reaches 40%. However, it needs to be replaced once after 1 to 2 months of breeding.

Feeding

It is advisable to start raising young snails. One-month-old snails can be fed with fresh cucumbers, apples, tender cabbage and green leaves once a day. The temperature should be controlled at 25-30 degrees, and the feeding amount should be about 1/10 of the snail's body weight.

Snails are omnivorous animals, and they like to eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, melons, etc. In daily feeding, you can feed snails with a variety of vegetable leaves, some rotten fruits, wheat flour, white beans and other foods. You can feed snails in different ways, and you don't have to feed them a single food. But you should pay attention that snails are afraid of salt and salty foods, so you must not let snails eat salt.

Rearing environment

Snails are most afraid of direct sunlight and are sensitive to the environment. The most suitable temperature for snails is 16-30℃ (growth and development are fastest at 23-30℃), air humidity is 60-90%, soil humidity is about 40%, and pH is 5-7. Snails hibernate when the temperature is below 15℃ and above 33℃, and may be frozen to death or killed by heat when the temperature is below 5℃ or above 40℃. Snails hibernate in cold weather such as winter.

Hygiene and cleaning

Snails like a clean environment, so you should pay attention to the cleanliness of the breeding box. Generally, you should clean it every 3 to 4 days, clean up the food residues and snail feces in the box, and give the snail a clean environment. In addition, you should also put some leaves, branches and the like in the box for the snails to crawl and play on. But be sure to spray water on the box to keep it moist. The top of the box should be covered with a lid made of wire mesh to provide sufficient ventilation, and prevent damage from natural enemies such as rats and mosquitoes, especially its biggest natural enemy, mites. Disinfect the breeding environment with diluted peracetic acid every week.

Snail breeding method

First of all, the most common method is outdoor breeding. This method is actually very simple and very easy to use, so many farmers may adopt this method to breed snails. Generally, it is mainly to plow the fields of their own, then level the entire piece of land, and surround it with some broad-leaved trees, which can effectively block the sun. In order to prevent them from escaping, it is recommended that you also surround them with Wannan, or you can directly use your own flat-roofed house for breeding.

But everyone must pay attention. If you raise them in these places, you must put a ten-centimeter-thick layer of loose soil on top, plant a grape plant around it, and build a sunshade, because the roof is easily exposed to direct sunlight. When raising them outdoors, you generally have to ensure fresh air and good humidity. In addition, it can effectively ensure the rapid survival of snails, and its disease may be relatively mild. But there are new problems in this case. It is recommended that you must water regularly to keep the soil moist. If there is too much water, pay attention to timely drainage. Of course, you should also prevent the appearance of many natural enemies.

In addition, there is an indoor breeding method. This method is mainly divided into two types: plane breeding and three-dimensional breeding. If you adopt plane breeding, you need to build a 25 cm high and 2 to 3 square meters square grid with bricks indoors. Some soil also needs to be put in the square. After all, snails are animals that survive in the soil. Of course, they are also suitable for outdoor breeding. The soil needs to be kept moist. More importantly, the indoor humidity must be controlled. At the same time, if the indoor temperature is relatively high, attention should be paid to ventilation.

If you use the three-dimensional breeding method, it may be relatively simple. Just make a wooden box with a height of about 20 cm, and then put a layer of loose soil ten centimeters thick in the box, and pay attention to placing the boxes layer by layer on the shelf. This breeding method is relatively simpler and easier, and the investment is relatively small. More importantly, this breeding method is safer. But everyone must pay attention to the same. When the weather is hot, open the windows for ventilation, adjust the overall temperature and soil humidity, and ensure the hygiene of the soil.

The last method is to use the plastic greenhouse breeding method. This method generally involves choosing an open space of 30 meters long and 6 meters wide, then plowing it first, building a 30-centimeter-high wall around it, and then building a greenhouse. Note that the door must be opened properly before and after, and then the greenhouse must be plowed. After the land is leveled, breeding can begin. This method is actually very good for preventing temperature. Generally, the temperature and humidity can be well controlled. Of course, it is also helpful for preventing natural enemies, so many friends are also using this method.

However, everyone must pay attention to the fact that no matter what method is used, it is necessary to pay attention to sunshade when the temperature is high, and it is necessary to ensure proper air convection. Therefore, it is recommended that everyone should choose the land according to their actual conditions. Of course, especially when the weather is hot, it is recommended that everyone must pay attention to proper watering to prevent excessive drought from causing low survival rates. For growers, this situation has a relatively large impact, so it is recommended that everyone should not ignore it.

What should we pay attention to when breeding snails?

The boxes that snails usually live in are glass or plastic. Note that it is best to use a transparent box so that you can observe the snail's every move at all times. The box cannot be too big or too small. The decision must be made based on the actual situation of the snail. Generally, a larger or medium box is used so that the snail has enough space to move around. Also, it must not be sealed, and a vent must be left, otherwise they will suffocate. Allow the air in the box to dissipate.

After choosing a box to live in, you have to sprinkle a layer of sterilized soil on the box, which we collectively call breeding soil. You can dig some thin mud in the vegetable garden at home or some planting places, and sprinkle the mud evenly in the box. The thickness should be about one-fifth of the box. Snails like to stay in those humid places, so the soil needs to be a little moist, not too dry. When the soil becomes dry, we can apply some water, but not too much.

Snails are mixed-eating animals, or in other words, they are omnivorous. They like to eat fruits, vegetables, melons, and the like. You can feed them rotten vegetables, rotten leaves, rotten fruits, etc. on a regular basis. They have many different ways of eating, and they don't just eat one thing. Snails are very afraid of salt, so you must never let them come into contact with salt.

Direct sunlight can also cause damage to snails, and they are extremely sensitive to the surrounding environment. When raising them, it is best to adjust the temperature between 16 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius. They grow fastest between 23 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees Celsius. The humidity in the air should also be controlled at 60% to 90%, and the humidity of the soil should be controlled at 40%. When the temperature is less than 15 degrees Celsius and more than 33 degrees Celsius, the snail will enter dormancy. When the temperature is less than 5 degrees Celsius or more than 40 degrees Celsius, the snail may be frozen to death or killed by heat. In cold weather like winter, snails will hibernate.

Be sure to clean the box where the snail lives. Snails like cleanliness very much. Usually, you only need to clean it once every three or four days. Clean the food residue and feces in the box to keep the snail in a better environment. You should also put some leaves, branches and other things in the box. Snails like to crawl on them. But don't forget to sprinkle water on the small box to keep the soil moist at all times.

When snails are raised artificially, the biggest hazards to snails are mice, ants, and mites. These mites are very small, only about one millimeter in size, and are not easy to be found. Moreover, the environment in which snails grow is also very easy for these mites to reproduce and develop in large numbers. Large snails can protect themselves by secreting some sticky mucus to prevent mites from invading, but small snails are different. They cannot secrete mucus themselves, so mites will take this opportunity to quietly drill into the snail's body and cause the snail to die directly. In the face of this kind of thing, we should control the temperature and humidity, clean frequently, or use ultraviolet rays for disinfection.

In daily life, mice will steal or bite the exposed meat of snails and the food that snails eat. Therefore, if you want to raise snails well, mice are a kind of scourge that must be prevented, and prevention efforts must be increased. We can choose to add a layer of metal protective net outside the place where they are raised, or we can use rat poison or mouse traps to catch them. Many places use some special hormones to kill mice, and I heard that the method is quite effective. When raising snails, if you feed snails sweet food, it will attract a large number of ants. Although these ants look very small, they will cause some trouble to the snails or bite the snails and suck the snail eggs. It is also necessary to protect against ant invasion.

It can only be said that snails are too weak, and the birds and animals at home will bully them, eat the snail eggs or eat the snail directly. Especially those insects with two wings, take the flies at home for example, usually flies will lay their eggs in the snail eggs, and sometimes eat the snail meat. When we raise snails, we must guard against these natural enemies.

How to get rid of mites?

1. We need to clean the snail's nest in time and remove their feces and residues in time. Increasing the temperature and humidity of the breeding box can greatly improve the snail's disease resistance. Change the breeding soil frequently. When changing the soil, clean the breeding box, rinse it with water, and then put it in the sun to dry or disinfect it.

2. Mix the manure from the pigs and chickens at home with some rapeseed and mix them evenly. Put them in a cloth bag, tie the bag tightly, and put it next to the breeding box. When the mites invade, they will first pass through the cloth bag. After leaving it in the sun for a day or two, it can kill the mites. The cloth bag can be used several times. In addition, you can also put cooked meat, meat bones, small fish fry, etc. in the cloth bag to catch and kill mites.

4. How thick is the soil for breeding white jade snails?

Five centimeters is enough. After laying the soil, it is best to sprinkle some water to keep it moist.

5. Can I only put sand when raising snails?

Can't.

Snails like to live in a dark and humid environment. They can be raised in boxes or pots. Moist soil can be spread on the bottom of the box or pot. The soil can be made by mixing garden soil, sand, yellow sand, coal slag ash, and stone powder in proportion. Food: Snails are omnivorous animals and can be fed with tender leaves, melon and fruit peels, and stems and leaves of crops. Temperature: Snails are suitable for growing in an environment of 25-30 degrees Celsius. They will hibernate when the temperature is below 15 degrees Celsius.

6. What are the methods for artificial breeding of snails?

Before raising snails, you must first prepare a suitable living place for them, and also feed them reasonably according to their eating habits. During the breeding process, you must do a good job of managing temperature, humidity, hygiene, etc.

1. Feeding box

Snails can be kept in boxes made of glass, plastic or other materials. The best ones are transparent, so that it is easy to observe the snails in the box. The size of the box depends on the size of the snail. Generally speaking, it is best to choose a larger box to allow the snail to have a certain amount of space to move around. The box cannot be sealed, but must have a gap to allow air circulation inside the box.

2. Spread the breeding soil

After choosing a box for snails, you need to spread a layer of sterilized soil in the box. The soil can be some soil dug from the vegetable field and spread on the bottom of the box, with a height of about one-fourth of the box. Because snails like a humid environment, the soil must be kept moist and not too dry. Therefore, according to the dryness of the soil, spray the soil with water.

3. Feeding

Snails are omnivorous animals, and they like to eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, melons, etc. In daily feeding, you can feed snails with a variety of vegetable leaves, some rotten fruits, wheat flour, white beans and other foods. You can feed snails in different ways, and you don't have to feed them a single food. But you should pay attention that snails are afraid of salt and salty foods, so you must not let snails eat salt.

4. Breeding environment

Snails are most afraid of direct sunlight and are sensitive to the environment. The most suitable temperature for snails is 16-30℃ (they grow fastest at 23-30℃), air humidity is 60-90%, soil humidity is about 40%, and pH is 5-7. They hibernate when the temperature is below 15℃ and above 33℃, and may be frozen to death or killed by heat when the temperature is below 5℃ or above 40℃. In cold weather such as winter, snails will hibernate.

5. Hygiene and cleaning

Snails like a clean environment, so you should pay attention to the cleanliness of the breeding box. Generally, you should clean it every 3 to 4 days to remove the food residues and snail feces in the box to provide the snail with a clean environment. In addition, you should also put some leaves, branches, etc. in the box for the snails to crawl and play on. But be sure to spray water on the box to keep it moist.

7. How to arrange a snail's nest

1. First, prepare an empty box or container.

2. Pour cornmeal into a box or container and smooth it out.

3. Add some green cabbage leaves, put them on the cornmeal, and then put the snails in.

4. Pay attention to the air circulation in the space. If it is a box, you can poke more small holes in it. Be careful not to seal the container.

5. Pay attention to working away from light. When there is strong light stimulation, you need to cover it with a sunshade cover.

6. Snails like to live in groups, so you can raise more snails to create an environment suitable for their survival.

8. What is laid in a snail’s nest?

A: You need to lay a layer of soil under the snails. The soil can be made by mixing farm soil, sand, yellow sand, cinder ash, and stone powder in proportion. Snails like to live in a dark and humid environment. They can be raised in boxes or pots and can be fed with tender vegetable leaves, melon and fruit peels, and stems and leaves of crops.

Snails are the most common molluscs on land and have high edible and medicinal value.