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Old 10-06-2018, 09:25 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Tim Watts[_3_] Tim Watts[_3_] is offline
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Default Slugs and copper

On 09/06/18 22:09, Rodney Pont wrote:
On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 20:20:02 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

But I will try the copper "fence" as the theory should be similar: as
long as it goes tight to the ground, they'd have to climb it.


Apart from the ones already living under the soil around your plants.


Good point...

This morning about 20% of the pellets were gone, nearly all around the
bay sapling (there's nothing to eat in that section).

Clearly more slugs than I thought...