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Jan 18, 2018 8:26 PM CST
Name: Daisy I
Reno, Nv (Zone 6b)
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vitrsna said:
To prevent the slugs from eating my plants I use copper tubing or tape. They will cross the tubing sometimes, but there is a chemical reaction that takes place with their tender undersides and i usually find the slug a couple of feet away and very dead. It appears that most of the time they will not cross the tubing. Let me find a photo to show you how i use copper tubing. It is initially somewhat expensive but it lasts forever and with a small tool you can easily make your barriers to fit the space you want to most protect.


I hate to say this but copper, in excess, is toxic and destroys cells - the slugs crawling over the copper pipe and dying 2 ft away should be the give away. IF they have a sentient brain (which they don't), they would die in excruciating pain.
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