slugs

I read about the copper wire matting in a previous post; has anybody used this with success? also has anybody tried a d.i.y method of copper strips or copper wire- I have just got wood for raised beds and wondered about putting copper wire around them and where?

 

GC's sell copper tape ? it does work but not cheap.

 

I would think that old electricity cable stripped of it's plastic coating should work just as well. The heavier cable is usually made up of lots of thin wires twisted together, so plenty to play with.

 

Once you've played with the wire, plug it back in again - that should work on the sluggish blighters!

 

I did once think of a slug electric fence, using casette tape in a loop plugged into a battery!

 

The electricity wire trick works fine. I use it round the Hostas and I've never had a slug on them yet. Do like the idea of electrocuting the so and so's

 

if I cover my whole garden in copper wire will that stop them from coming near me at all!!! I hate them, tey're orrible!

 

Wilkinsons do a copper pot scourer 3 for 60p if you open it up at one end you have a configuration thats like a bob hat you can the put your prize plant in its pot inside this and its perfectly snail proof, or you can unravel it use the single strand wrap it round a container several times that keeps the blighters off, you can also scrunch some of it up and put it in the drain hole of a plant pot this stops the slugs hiding in the pot

 

I don't know about copper wire. a few years back I had lots of slugs. i started feeding the wild birds, the slugs got less and the last years no slugs and no insects. maybe the birds eat them or have i got lucky

 

Scotch / 3M produce a sticky backed copper tape that is 10mm wide. It's quite good for sticking round pots and planters as a slug barrier.
(You can also use it to produce non-fade plant labels by using a blunt pencil to emboss names on it.)

 

Wow thanks everyone I am going to try all of those. Will let you know how i get on. I odnt wan tto start using pellets again as htre are a lot of nice robins attached to the garden.