Yates Bayer Baysol Snail & Slug Bait Questions & Answers

Yep - metaldehyde baits banned in many countries, too toxic, kills everything in the soil underneath as well as slugs and snails. Only useless iron based bait sold now. Farmers and commercial growers can still buy bulk packs from their suppliers but not practical unless you set up a clandestine snail bait reselling operation using brown paper bags at your local bowls club.

Hi Peter, Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail &Slug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information:

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Buy some extra Grant. That metaldehyde product is now totally banned in the UK and Europe so Oz may follow. Then you’ll only be able to buy the useless iron based snail bait. I bought extra packets before Bunnings deleted it.

Hey Jeff and Grant, you can't buy baysol anymore in South Australia. I'm not sure what the situation is in other states. But we can get Transcend from growers supplies and but it only comes in large bags. This is pretty good stuff. It kills millipedes too.

Yes, the last outlets to stock it are growers and farmers supply stores. Difficult for home gardeners to use these large quantities unfortunately. Thanks for the heads up on that product though.

Hi Grant, We are sorry to hear of your experience with our Yates product. We thank you for taking the trouble to contact us, as this enables us to continually review our products. If you would like us to investigate this further you can send us an email with details on the product, batch number and methods of use to consumer.advice.yates@yates.com.au We look forward to hearing from you. Michelle Yates Horticulturist

No - it’s been withdrawn from sale (in many countries) as it is considered too toxic for other wildlife. The new ‘safe’ iron based baits are hopeless. The only way to get a decent slug and snail product is to buy a metaldehyde product which is still available from farm supply outlets. But you have to buy 10 kg (the equivalent of 20 consumer cartons). I suggest you form a buying cartel with friends and buy it that way. Metarex is one brand.

Hi Mark, Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail &S lug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information: external link 

Only today l again found all my young veggie plants and new shoots, plus to be harvested veggies ( young green beans and tomatoes) close to about 50% destroyed or eaten and that after using consistently the recommended Yates Snail $ Slug Bait. It is an absolute waste of money and effort using this particular product. It doesn’t matter how much or how little one uses. No comparison to the previous Baysol product.

Thank you for contacting Yates. We are sorry to hear of your experience with our Yates Snail & Slug bait. It is unusual that this has occurred and we would like to look into the matter further for you. If you can please send us an consumer.advice.yates@yates.com.au we can investigate this issue for you. Michelle Yates Horticulturist

You can’t - it’s been withdrawn from sale.

You can’t - it’s been withdrawn from sale throughout Australia. All the supposedly toxic snail baits are unavailable.

Hi Bronwyn, Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail & Slug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information: external link 

or 'Yates Blitzem Snail & Slug Pellets', can be used in vegetable and garden beds.

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I agree - I was out stomping on snails last night. See if the farm supply stores still sell a (big) pack of metaldehyde bait and offer in it in plain brown paper bags at your bowling club. You can become the local supplier of illicit goods.

Have you tried 'Yates Blitzem Snail & Slug Pellets'?

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I bought two packets of blitzem last night (I checked first to see if they use metalhaldyne, and they do). Looking forward to spreading it around, although the damage has been done. My fruit tree grafts are killed because I thought the iron phosphate bait would protect them. Not so. The snails crawled over the baits and up the stems to have a grand feast on the newly emerged buds! I wish I had known there was a difference between the two bait types before 'using' the rubbish one.

Try the new iron based snail bait and see if it works. The only alternative is trying to buy some metaldehyde snail and slug product from a farming supply store. That product is now more strictly controlled. Big pack sizes so may not be an option. Slaters usually only eat decomposing material - they don’t attack fresh wood or crops. They may not be causing much damage.

I am sorry we don't have a product that will treat slaters.

This article has some great hints to try and eradicate them.

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Michelle Yates Horticulturist

Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail &Slug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information: external link 

I’ve tried the new iron based products and they’re useless. My only suggestion if you live close to a farming supply store is to try there. They used to sell the old snail bait but they are much bigger bags.

Hi Russ, Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail &Slug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information: external link 

I’ve tried the new iron based products - only average. I know they’re safer but I’ve gone back to the first generation snail bait which isn’t very waterproof but it is cheap. If you use a whole packet over the course of a wet spring month and do a few nightly snail patrols with a torch and pair of gum boots you can knock off a lot of snails.

Looks like it has been withdrawn from sale - no longer on Yates website and out of stock everywhere. The new eco iron based slug and snail bait is useless - I have tried it. Just go back to buying cheap metaldehyde snail bait like Yates Blitzem or Defender that Bunnings sells. It’s not very waterproof but it’s cheap. If you start using it in spring when the new plants are in your garden you can knock back snail numbers a lot. (Plus a few snail patrols on wet nights to squash anything you find).

Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail &Slug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information: external link 

The snails have eaten all of my buds on bulbs and all of my herbs this year. All of the ‘green’ brands, snails consider them an entree to my garden. I so miss the only effective snail control. Not available in Victoria. BAYSOL. Perhaps it could come in a bottle with a child proof lid - as do our medicines! Why not? They are not banned!

I googled Baysol Perth and found a couple of garden centres that list it. Dawsons Garden World and Guildford Garden Centre. Phone them. If no luck, see if Yates has a helpline in Oz and ask them for stockists.

Yates is no longer making Baysol Snail &Slug Bait. This product has been replaced with Yates Snail & Slug Bait, which contains iron to effectively kill snails and slugs. Click here for more information: external link