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Old 17-06-2009, 03:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 2009-06-17 13:38:35 +0100, "Kate Morgan" said:

The contents of 4 troughs have been gobbled up despite all the usual
tricks to keep the snails off. Is there anything that they don't like,
I am thinking of using plastic flowers :-)

kate


A squirt of WD40 round the base of the pot and up it a little (to be
renewed after rain) and I'm told that vaseline helps if spread around
the pots just a little up from the base.
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