If I'm not mistaken, a wire won't do the trick. It needs to be a strip wide
enough that the entire body must pass over it at once to be effective.

I'd rather just kill them, though...

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"mg" wrote in message ...
I tried the copper wire thing for slugs. Basically took a wire around
the perimeter boards of a raised garden bed. Didn't do a thing to deter
the slugs. I went back to the Bait.


Diana Kulaga wrote:
All,

'Tis the summer of the escargots! Big, fat snails hiding in the pots,
on
the benches, etc, and doing their evil night work.

I've been using Garden Safe Slug and Snail Bait by Schultz, and it does
work
(I've been throwing out dead snails). I chose this product because
Casper
the cat goes out in the lanai and it's safe for him. But the pellets
degrade in water, and end up a soggy, moldy mess. This eventually
disappears, but it's still mold, and going into the pots.

It seems to me that I remember copper being an effective snail/slug
deterent. So, if I wrap copper wire around the edges and legs of the
benches, and around the hanging bars, will that help?

TIA

Diana