Found soil from petshop, ingredients suit Helix aspersa?

[sweetsnail]

Hello fellow snailsters,

It is very hard to get soil without pesticides, fertilisers, wetting agent from garden centres where I am in Australia. Thus, currently I am using coco peat coir that comes in a brick and expands with water.

I finally found an insect reptile petshop that sell soil.

This soil has no pesticide and fertiliser and the ingredients are:
Sphagnum peat
Longfibre sphagnum moss
Mulched eucalyptus bark
Composted bark
Charcoal
And a small amount of organic compost

will this suit for garden snail Helix Aspersa?  I am not sure about the charcoal.  Thank you.

[snaileyhammy]

Yes, that should work just fine! As long as there are no chemicals.

[sweetsnail]

Thank you. Are the charcoal content ok for garden snail?

Cheers

[morningcoffee]

May 3, 2021 1:56:53 GMT sweetsnail said:

Hello fellow snailsters,

It is very hard to get soil without pesticides, fertilisers, wetting agent from garden centres where I am in Australia. Thus, currently I am using coco peat coir that comes in a brick and expands with water.

I finally found an insect reptile petshop that sell soil.

This soil has no pesticide and fertiliser and the ingredients are:
Sphagnum peat
Longfibre sphagnum moss
Mulched eucalyptus bark
Composted bark
Charcoal
And a small amount of organic compost

will this suit for garden snail Helix Aspersa?  I am not sure about the charcoal.  Thank you.

Coir blocks are what I use, it's a good substrate. I'd stick with that personally.

[sweetsnail]

Hey morningcoffee,

Thanks for the advice. I am still unsure about the soil and therefore will keep going with coco coir peat.

Cheers

[SuspiciousBagel]

Coco coir is indeed what most people seem to use . I've also heard of getting some soil from outside and cooking it to disinfect it but I don't think it's as safe so what you're using is probably better. Good luck with your snail!