Eradicate Snail & Slug Bait contains Iron EDTA complex manufactured in Australia.
Eradicate works by interfering with the oxygen carrier so the snails and slugs die relatively quickly from lack of oxygen.
The snails and slugs move away from the bait back to their hiding place and die. They are not usually found dead around the bait, thereby minimising the poisons being ingested by birds.
Even if only a small amount of Eradicate Snail & Slug Bait is consumed by the snail or slug they will stop feeding immediately so that plants are not lost. (Other snail baits based on Metaldehyde or Methiocarb work by causing paralysis followed by poisoning. The snail or slug continues to feed until paralysed, so causing more damage to plants).
Advantages of Eradicate:
- Active ingredient is an allowable food additive
- Non toxic to pets, native fauna and other animals when used as directed
- Rain fast
- Degrades much more slowly than the competition products
- In trials it out-performs the competitive products (Metaldehyde and Methiocarb)
- Active ingredient does not accumulate in the environment
- No withholding period for harvested crops
- Can be used near waterways
- No threat to surface water