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Re: Electric slug fence;summary

So where are we now on this saga?
To summarise
* The principle probably works, if Stan would come off the (electric or
otherwise) fence and say whether he actually has tried it on slugs.
* It is clearly non-polluting
* Stan has come up with a low price way of
doing it.
* Any ground slugs can get under the barrier if it is on the ground.
* Any slugs already inside are fine as long as they stay clear
of the fence
* Any slugs which get deaded could short it out. This suggests a
deterrent shock could be better than a killer.


* I desparately need to do something about slugs. Bait doesn't always
work eg when the slugs have already got inside the cabbages, and the
environmentalists don't like it. Hand picking at night is impossible, I
am only there during the day. If you put a mesh cover over the plants
you exclude birds and hedgehogs. The best hope seems to be to have a
copper barrier (non-electric) and clear inside it before planting the
crop, but cost is the main problem. I haven't tried nematode control but
that seems expensive and temporary.

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Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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