"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 May 2013 16:27:36 +0100, Judith in England
wrote:
.. It won't deter slugs and neither will pure copper unless it's
going green.

I beg to differ Stephen. I've tried copper strips and it seemed to work
until it went green when slugs happily crawled over it.
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Pete C