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Re: Painting raised beds?

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I'll let someone else answer about the painting. I put that copper tape (it
is spendy, we got it 1/2 off at a end of season sale a couple of years ago)
around the top edges of my raised beds (made of untreated, unpainted 2 x 8s)
to keep slugs out. The tape is now oxidizing and the adhesive is coming off.
I won't buy it again, I just don't see that it helped all that much. They go
under the boards and end up inside the beds anyway. I think the boards
provide them with an ideal environment. When mine rot, I'll try beds without
any borders.
The slugs do prefer to not cross the copper tape barrier but I think they
can easily stretch to get over a single strand of  wire. Never underestimate
a slug's ability and perseverance to get at your plants ! My preferred
methods of slug control are handpicking and using iron phosphate based slug
baits. More info on that on my web page. Good luck !

Tom
Portland OR,  Zone 8
http://www.teleport.com/~scut/garden.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Stonich <mstonich@bitstream.net>

>Slugs are a problem here so we thought about adding copper tape around the
>boxes.  However, this seems rather expensive.  We have quite a bit of 12
>ga. copper wire and thought about just stapleing a loop around each box.
>
>Is this likely to help?
>
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>Is there an FAQ somewhere?  We hate to take up your time, asking questions,
>if we could find the answers on our own.
>
>TIA
>
>Jane and Mark
>Zone 4
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>  Minneapolis MN USA (612) 824-2372
>    Minnesota Human Powered Vehicle Assn. - Twin Cities Tandem Club
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