"jww" wrote in message
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we have a small garden with a small patio. we were recently given some
japanese
cucumbers which we put in a B&Q growbag. the slugs had a field day. so I
decided to move the grow bag around the patio to try and confuse the
slugs.
it is not easy to move ,so i cut it in two pieces and sewed up the cut
ends
with pins.

now it strikes me (a novice) that it might be easier to move if i made my
own grow bags using tesco plastic carrier bags. [ one plant for each
carrier
bag ] they certainly would be easier to move around.

any suggestions as to how to make my own grow bag? the B and Q one
looks
to consist of mainly peat type compost, but i guess there are other
ingredients in their as well for nutrition for the plants? any
suggestions
on what to put in the carrier bags please. thanks.


Slugs work on scent, and can cover longer distances than you
might give them credit them for.

Rather than use carrier bags - lightweight black growpots, the things
they sell shrubs in, in the garden centre, might be a better bet.

The copper banding discussed elsewhere does really work. Epecially
where the pots aren't in contact with garden soil. As many slugs
live in the soil and so can attack plants from underneath.
And so are undeterred by copper barriers.

Otherwise you might try standing the bags or pots on something,
or suspending them from above in some way.


michael adams

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