Copper Slug Tape Multibuy 3 x 4m rolls

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To date it has had 100% success on large pots and I am now going to try it on a raised vegetable patch. HI Lee, I was thinking the same, but then reading it again I think the percentage of copper alloy is still the problem with test 4? Have developed a unit that can use existing copper tape and allows you to check if it is working with a battery life of 2 to 3 years. If I go out at night I will usually see 2-3 slugs oozing circles around the bottom of the barrier but not crossing it. Environmentally friendly gardeners who attempt to deter slugs and snails from devouring their vegetables with eggshells or copper tape are wasting their time, according to a study by the Royal Horticultural Society.

I used to do a bit of gardening a few years ago and I tried beer, egg shells, coffee, those green pellets with copper in them and nothing worked.Of the thousands of enquiries received by RHS Gardening Advice every year, deterring slugs and snails is atop concern. In ancient Greek times snail mucous was used to treat wounds, burns and abscesses with some success [ 4]. Copper scrip is expensive, I haven’t purchased any more even though I know it works under the right conditions. Whilst sulphur dioxide emissions from power stations have dropped enormously in Western Europe since the 1980s, there is still enough in the atmosphere for rain to contain traces of sulphuric acid.

In the UK we have pellets made from waste sheep fleece, i surruound young and slug prone plants with this and it forms a mat when wet which slugs and snails don’t like to cross, by the end of the season it breaks down into the soil but by then the plants have toughened up. I surrounded the middle of two planters with copper tape and finally have petunias and pansies that aren’t nibbled to shreds. If you’re using any of these five home remedies to deter slugs and snails, consider carefully whether they are making enough difference to be worth the investment.Slugs and snails hate copper because of a reaction between their mucus and the copper, so use self-adhesive Copper Tapes to protect pots and containers from slugs and snails. Out of interest, did you try stacking two lengths of the smaller tape (so the test 4 product would result in a 5. As existing lab studies have shown some of the barriers work, and as other experiments by Hayley hinted that copper tape could be effective, she’s not ruling the barriers out completely. Matt takes inspiration from gardens like Hidcote and Great Dixter and enjoys watching anything on TV presented by Monty Don or Louis Theroux. If my experiment proves non productive then I think that I might scatter some old nails around as well as the copper.

Tried coffee grounds, egg shells and other rough surfaces (have even tried inverted wire brushes – again does not work). In certain places within the UK you will be receiving higher doses of sulphuric acid in your rain than others. If you live in a city there’s probably more chance of copper tape having this effect than if you live in the countryside. Jones said she would like to test this method because there is a risk such traps only lure more slugs on to gardeners’ vegetable patches. I have had a respectable amount of success in slug deterrence using copper mesh as a slug barrier on the outside of wood planters.

In the past I have had some pretty good success with a solution of ammonia sprayed on the slugs at night. The wires draw no current until a slug causes conduction so the setup lasts the growing season and beyond. Jones added: “Slug pellets do have their problems but they have been tested for safety and when used to their manufacturers’ instructions the risks are quite minimal.