On May 1, 1:29 am, Anne Jackson wrote:
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On Apr 30, 11:15 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Lol" wrote:

We have a 2yr old weeping Caragana Arborescens in a large pot
in front garden, and snails are determined to killl kill kill.

It's a case of picking off 20+ every night, and last year they
succeeded in destroying all new shoots, and bypassing a cardboard
collar I fitted to stop them climbing up.

What other ideas to stop them do you have?

thanks,
lol

Why cardboard?
Solid copper collars work very well - not 100% because they travel
under as well as overground.

There is someone who contributes to this group who has a copper
business, it may be that she might be interested in this, I certainly
would be interested in using copper collars.

I've been following this thread, and thinking exactly the same thing! ;-)

Problem would be in the variety of sizes that we would need to produce...
we couldn't have an overlap of velcro at the ends, either, or the slugs
would soon find it - and the 1/2" braided copper has many sharp ends.

--
AnneJ

www.copperridge.co.ukwww.freedomcollars.co.uk

What you need is a flexible copper tape, wafer thin, it could come on
a roll, rather like sellotape. I have seen such a thing on my
friend's large garden pots, half way up the pot, it stops slugs
climbing into the pot and it works 100%. Now that could well be a
lucrative sideline for your business.

Judith