Re: Fw: Weather down south/questions
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Fw: Weather down south/questions
- From: C* C*
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 19:01:00 EDT
In a message dated 9/23/1999 9:01:03 AM Central Daylight Time,
plamb5@BELLSOUTH.NET writes:
<< 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 tried to do this---the strips were about 3/4 inches wide.
How deep they go into the ground was the problem for me. Mine would not lay
flat; I got the roll all tangled up----it was like those rolls of tape you
buy for packing.
I am simply not dexterous enough to use it. It was a disaster.
Glad that you have found a free source for copper sheets--it is terribly
expensive at garden centers.
Also, it is useless to kill or prevent slugs that live at the base of the
plant.
Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN
