In article <pZKdnQnok9e6BbjVRVnyjwA@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"'Mike'" <3d&6d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Following postings about slugs and snails and copper wire etc., I am
> performing some experiments which gardeners, (that does not include me,
I am
> a non gardener, 'her outdoors' is the gardener) might like to follow.
>
> Pictures at http://www.myalbum.com/Album-NSVC6IM7
>
> One of the pictures shows a slug which is reluctant in going over the
copper
> wire.
>
> Other pictures are self explanatory .
>
> The three pots of beans are now under the tender care of 'her outdoors'
in
> her greenhouse. Once the plants show above the compost, they will be
placed
> in a 'vulnerable' position outdoors where the slugs and snails seem to
> frequent.
>
> Watch this space.
>
> Be delighted to answer any questions.
>
> The Cathodic/Electrolytic Action experiment with two dissimilar metals
round
> a pot may follow later.
>
> Mike
Uh, the slug appears to be "in" the raised garden. Maybe he is reluctant
to leave a free lunch. In the picture with the copper tape, there is no
plant to attract the slugs or did they already eat it?;-)
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Billy
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