I guess I'm more brutal -- I just lay out a line of Deadline around the plants or flower bed in the late afternoon and then watch the snail/slug bodies collect on that line or ring day after day. What I like about it is that rainfall or sprinklers don't diminish its effectiveness, plus it doesn't seem to bother my cats at all either. And it works! The charcoal gray to black line isn't all that attractive, but I can certainly live with it.
