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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.

No

If it does, get down to the patent office double quick.

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

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.

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.

Hey GW! Your use of "a bottle of ginger" has taken me back years and years! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

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

There's only one way to find out GW, please let us know if they're successful :)

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.

:)

Pinking scissors, thats a great idea.

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 ;)

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 ;)