On 9 Jun 2018 09:05, Tim Watts wrote:
Will slugs and snails really refuse to touch copper?

I've got some seedling herbs outside that they keep having a go at. So I
was wondering if something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072MQFCM7

would actually work?

I'd prefer to keep toxic things like pellets away from foodstuffs plus I
don't want to needlessly kill slugs and snails - we have birds nesting
nearby that like eating them so it seems poor form to damage their food
chain.

Saw something recently and the copper band had to be rather wide to
actually work, like 50mm+. Search copper guitar tape. Can't find the
reference now sorry.
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Regards
Bob Hobden