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Re: Slug control with copper strips

Ronald Dailey wrote:
> 
> >Based on what I've seen and what I've read, a copper wire would not do
> >much good.....the repellant effect occurs when the slugs entire body is
> >on the copper, ( A reaction between their secretion and the copper
> >causes a shock.)
> 
> I gave the matter some more thought and it occurred to me that when I
> was observing the slug that I had corralled with the 1/4-inch copper
> tubing (this was a slug about 2 to 2.5 inches long), it didn't try to
> put its whole body onto the tubing.  It went up to the tubing and
> when it touched one of its antennae to the tubing, it withdrew and
> tried a different direction.  That suggests to me that a slug will
> get a shock from just touching the copper.  All this isn't very
> scientific, of course <g>.
> 
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For conductivity therefor a shock to accure you must have two poles
(electrodes) to generate electricity.  One of the poles must be what he
was crawling on.  For earth to act as a conductor it must be wet and be
slightly acid.  I theroize that if a zink conductor was added next to
the copper conductor that he would get 3 to 4 times the shock and the
earth would not have to be wet.  Just theory. Never tried it.  I use
beer traps.  They love to drowned their self in the hops.
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