The experts behind Garden Safe brand know home gardening is as much about how you grow as what you grow. Since 2002, Garden Safe brand has delivered garden products including natural-based and botanically derived formulas to growers who prefer to control plant pests and diseases without traditional chemicals. Organic gardeners trust our solutions to keep garden pest control simple - and let nature do the rest. Let goodness grow.Garden Safe Brand Slug & Snail Bait granules contain a unique combination of iron phosphate, which is a plant nutrient that occurs in soils, with slug and snail bait additives. After eating the bait, slugs and snails cease feeding, become less mobile and begin to die within 3 to 6 days. This product will control slugs and snails in or on home lawns, gardens, greenhouses, outdoor ornamentals, vegetable gardens, fruits, berries, citrus and crop plants. The bait can be scattered on the lawn or on the soil around any vegetable plants, flowers or fruit trees or bushes where snail or slug control is needed. This product can be used around pets and wildlife. OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) Listed.Apply the bait during the evening, as slugs and snails travel and feed mostly by night or early morning. Treat all likely areas of infestation, especially around the perimeter of garden plots.