"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 18/2/07 22:02, in article ,
"thehams" wrote:
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I grow mine inside an enviromesh "fence" about 3 foot high. Seems to
stop
the little blighters and you can step over it to weed etc. Last year I
had
no damage to my carrots or parsnip. Now if it was only so easy to stop
the
slugs....

Have you tried Nematodes?

I have looked at them, but decided they were too expensive for the area they
would be needed for, and I believe you have to repeat the treatment after a
short while.

Alan