"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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"Sla#s" wrote in message
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jww wrote:


I had so many plants slaughtered by slugs last year so decided to try the
anti-slug nematodes this year.
I have to say that it was a great success. All the plants normally
stunted
by
slugs early in the season are thriving. Eight weeks on I just noticed a
return of the slugs, so I have just ordered another batch of nematodes.

Nemaslug is very effective but a bit faffy (timing and conditions have to
be right and they often don't so-incide with our life) and it's expensive.
What's more, you can't use it in the winter and my cabbages grow through
the winter. I have no experience of hostas.

Mary
Hi Mary,

the copper ring idea sounds like it's worth a try - I have a really bad
slug/snail problem. Could you just explain how you set the rings on/in the
soil. I presume you don't lay them flat, but poke them into the soil so
they protrude upwards....am I understanding it right?

Jo