new idea for barrier to stop slugs
On 31 May, 15:53, "MikeCT" wrote:
"T i m" wrote:
Maybe these Londonslugsare just 'ard' ..?
Copper rings now methinks ..
I tried this last year with newly planted out beans etc.I used old lemonade bottles wrapped in copper wire but everything got eaten within a week! This year I used copper tape around the same bottles and so far everything has survived.
Wendy
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Hi T i m,
After having most of my potted up seedlings snail savaged, I recently
stripped a few lengths of heavy duty, spare electric cabling. I cut the
exposed copper wire into 2ft. lengths and spiralled each round a few pots
containing those plants still worth saving. To stop the wire from slipping
down each pot, I bent the top of each spiralled wire over the pot rim. The
whole job took me most of one morning last week, but so far, it works!
Not one chewed leaf since. :-))
MikeCT
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