On 08/06/2020 22:14, Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
David wrote:
The general advice is, don't.
Which turns out to be pretty accurate.

Well, I do, have done for years, and it works well. Yes, they are
fragile, but so are many plants.

+1

The stems are a bit brittle but they usually survive OK unless the slugs
find them immediately after planting. I always put slug bait down around
mine after planting. One year they became slug food overnight. I presume
the slugs all homed in on the bruised stem smell or something.

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Martin Brown