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Old 04-07-2007, 01:29 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Too many seedlings
In reply to K ) who wrote this in
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Uncle Marvo writes

If it's in a pot, it is ridiculously easy to keep slugs/snails off.

Vaseline round the pot

Too many pots for that to be feasible

Soot from the fire
Slug pellets

Don't like using them outdoors. Prefer to be safe rather than sorry
with respect to birds and amphibians

Ferric phosphate, not metaldehyde. Or even household salt.



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