On 2009-07-13 15:02:32 +0100, "Ophelia" said:


"David in Normandy" wrote in message
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Frank Booth Snr wrote:

If you want to deter slugs from getting to your clematis, just
sprinkle plenty of sharp grit around the the base of the plant to form
a barrier. Slugs hate crawling over anything sharp or rough-edged.


I think this idea of deterring slugs and snails with grit or rough edged
stones / egg shells etc is over-rated. Either that or the little critters
here in France are mean and hard. S.A.S. Slugs.

lol oh dear. When I read this, I had a vision of the slugs parachuting
in))

You mean nobody's told you...........? ;-)
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