Re: Weather down south/questions

>     Do any of you use the copper strips around your hosta plants as a slug
> prevention?  If so, how wide are the strips that you use and how deep do
> they go in the ground?  I just don't want to use chemicals anymore, plus I
> have two dogs that I don't want to risk poisoning.  I did get Sluggo, but my
> husband picked up some copper pieces at the textile plant where he works
> yesterday that were going to be thrown away. We saw an HGTV garden segment
> that showed how to use the copper strips to deter slugs several months ago,
> so we thought we would try that method.  I think that the slugs are even
> eating tender new shoots of my Historic Irises as I saw their silvery trail
> on one of the eaten off leaves.  If I lose any of those that I have put so
> much money in this year, I am going to be extremely distressed!

I searched and searched, but wasn't able to find any definitive answers.
There is a product available on the market based on copper strips:

   http://www.linglesherbs.com/snailbar.htm

It looks like they've actually created a wall out of the copper (which
makes sense so dirt doesn't cover it).  

Aha!  Wait...  Here's a pretty good article about the whole idea and 
process:

   http://www.globalgardens.com/slugs-a.html

Chris

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