"Kevin Groves" wrote in message
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Just an update to using wood ash to ward off snails and slugs.

Didnt work for me. I had to move the tomatoes into the garden and within a
couple of days the whole crop was eaten even with a good ridge of ash
around the outside.
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To protect outdoor tomatoes from slugs, I cut the bottoms off the plant pots
and then half bury the pots in the soil. I then put a thin one inch wide
layer of vaseline/petrolium jelly, around the outside rim. Slugs and snails
wont cross it. Replenish every 3 weeks.

Pete