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Originally Posted by Granity
Yes they will bury themselves in the compost. Last year had some compost that had been rotting down for several years and I used it to mix with potting compost and put it in troughs for my runner beans. The next day found that something was eating the beans. There was no way they could get into the troughs from out side so I scattered some slug pellets in the troughs and lo and behold lots of deceased slugs the next morning didn't have any problems after that.
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Well, at half past midnight, torch in hand, I found a snail sliming its way up the stalk. The copper strips were obviously ineffective (although I still couldn't see a trail anywhere around the outside of the pot - so perhaps it climbed the greenhouse wall and dropped from a roof pane!)
It's possible I didn't apply the copper very well. It was a little messy. I'm going to try again higher up the pot.
And, based on your info, there could still be slugs in there. I'm personally a little hesitant to use pellets but I guess I might not have any other choice...
Thanks at least for confirming my hypothesis!
Pete