On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:20:05 +0100, Lol wrote
(in article ):

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



The way my wife and I keep snails and slugs away from our Hostas also in
large pots, is to smear a good 2" or 3" strip or Vaseline all way around the
pot. That stops the little buggers. But you do need to renew it at least
once during the growing season. The other precaution is to make sure that
the foliage of the plant is not touching any other plant or wall or object.
They will go up one plant in order to get to another.

Peter

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It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in
advance of medical thought.
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