Fw: Weather down south/questions
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Fw: Weather down south/questions
- From: L* L*
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:54:22 -0400
Chris wrote me this morning to say that this reply did not make it to the SG
list and that I might want to forward it to you all in the event that you
would like to investigate these links that he sent.
Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Cc: shadegardens@MAELSTRUM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTRUM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:56 PM
Subject: 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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