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Title: think they'll work?
Post by: GREENWIZARD on January 30, 2006, 13:19:36
(http://photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/100_3928.jpg)
made these out of a ginger bottle, i cut them with pinking scissors so the edges are quite sharp
i thought i could use them to pop round my sweet peas to prevent the slug munching them.
Title: Re: think they'll work?
Post by: chriszog on January 30, 2006, 13:33:08
No
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Post by: kenkew on January 30, 2006, 13:35:48
If it does, get down to the patent office double quick.
Title: Re: think they'll work?
Post by: Larkspur on January 30, 2006, 14:18:11
Its no less likely to work than all the other "solutions" people are paying good money for. Patent it whether it works or not, everyone else seems to. :D
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Post by: Tulipa on January 30, 2006, 15:55:16
I have used cut up bottles similar with sharp sand inside and around the outside of the bottle on runner beans and squashes which have worked, several years.
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Post by: Curryandchips on January 30, 2006, 16:06:37
To put it simply, what have you got to lose? I used to have a career out of lateral thinking and know that persistence wins out. I hope you are successful.
Title: Re: think they'll work?
Post by: grawrc on January 30, 2006, 19:13:37
Hey GW! Your use of "a bottle of ginger" has taken me back years and years!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: joji on January 30, 2006, 19:46:06
If you can get some miniature razor wire and barbed wire to back up those spikes it might just have the edge. * Pun intended * ;D
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Post by: Jesse on January 30, 2006, 22:21:25
There's only one way to find out GW, please let us know if they're successful :)
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Post by: MrsKP on February 01, 2006, 07:40:24
i'm sure a pair of pinking shears will be cheaper than miles of copper this and pellet that.

i'm off to the habadashers at the weekend to find a pair as we go through ginger at an alarming rate.  i'm sure the neighbours think i'm totally bonkers as i've got them stuck all over my crocuses atm as it got frosty again.

the display is not very pretty but it's erm .. interesting.

:)
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Post by: John_H on February 01, 2006, 09:58:22
Pinking scissors, thats a great idea.
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Post by: stuffed on February 07, 2006, 10:12:23
I used something similar last year unfortunately I didn't put them around everything so the easy to get at plants went within the first couple of days of planting out.
I greased the outside with cooking oil as a sort of twofold defence. They had to try and get up the slippery sides first ;)
Title: Re: think they'll work?
Post by: robkb on February 07, 2006, 11:23:07
In a book called "Close To The Veg" by Michael Rand (one of the blokes from the Hampstead allotments on The Big Dig), he recommends these plastic circles and also says to smear the sides of them with Vicks VapoRub! He reckons it works to a limited degree, thought I might give it a go myself this year.

Cheers,
Rob ;)
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