Anyone tried them for keeping slugs off. I'm a sparkie so could make my own was thinking of a 2" diameter and using 3 or 4 turns.
No I haven't tried copper rings because certain slugs which do a lot of damage, like the keeled slug for instance, live in the soil and could therefore easily surface inside the copper ring. I have tried copper tape around pots and that was useless.
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I use them and I've had great success with things I couldn't previously grow like brassicas. I made my own as the ready-made ones were too expensive. I bought a sheet of copper off eBay - thin enough to cut with scissors but thick enough to hold the shape. Cut it into strips 2" deep and long enough to make rings about 2" in diameter. Made a slit 1/2" in from each end on opposite edges and slotted them together. Got dozens of rings for £15. I sow seeds into the rings. Don't seem to get slugs inside the rings.
There's nothing like the old slugs and snails discussion to get us all disagreeing is there? ;D ;D ;D
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Quote from: northener on May 03, 2008, 08:25:57
Anyone tried them for keeping slugs off. I'm a sparkie so could make my own was thinking of a 2" diameter and using 3 or 4 turns.
Blummin eck a sparking that does,nt weigh in his scrap
I know its one of those things i just never get round to.
Once the copper ring becomes tarnished it doesnt have the desired effect......or so I read somewhere !
Well, mine are nicely weathered and they still seem to work.
Just goes to show that you cant always believe what you read ;D