We need fast growing snails of good form, how we do this is by selectively breeding the better stock together. You might be tempted to throw them all in the one bucket to get a high population quickly, but what you will get is a mix of attributes not considered viable. Quality and standard seem to be paramount in the snail game, snails need to have a pale attractive flesh and no/limited pattern to the shell.
Albeit not the best ones ever seen I managed to separate two mature snails, both with significantly lighter flesh than the others. In fact compared to the others they seem very pale, I think I need to investigate more as to the desired level of lightness.
Being hermaphrodites they both carry male and female genitalia, another aspect of Heliculture which has many advantages to the breeder. Not only is one clutch of eggs produced but both adults are fertilised during mating, laying 80+ eggs per cluster. Snail eggs or caviar are also finding themselves a nice little place in the market, I will post more about that later.
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