Allotments 4 All

This is my second season on the allotment and have just noticed the first flowers appear on my strawberries. Is there anything apart from strawberry mats or straw that I can use inbetween the strawberry plants to protect them from slug damage?

Duke :)

the straw or the mats is only to keep the fruit off of the ground, and to avoid soil contamination of the fruit. this does not protect from slug damage! ;)

In fact, slugs love matting and straw, it is damp and gives them somewhere cosy to hide and make love.

thanks allaboutliverpool now i wont be able to walk past my strawberry patch without imagining the slugs 'makeing love' in there  :o