On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 12:07:03 -0500 (EST),
wrote:

An old man told me how to keep slugs and snails off my Dahlia plants. He
said buy steel wool and pull it apart so as to stretch it out. Put the
steel wool around the base of the plant you want to protect. The slugs
and snails never go over the steel wool. I use this method every year.
Ed

how about rust ??