Use of copper bands, sheets and wires as a snail barrier is well known and
duly dealt with in the book by Godan, D., 1983. Pest slugs and snails. 445
pp. An article dealing with this subject has also appeared some ten years
ago in the journal :"Californian Agriculture". A strip of copper around the
stem of a tree, protects it from hungry Theba pisana, Cantareus (formerly
Helix) aspersa or any other snail or slug.
Henk K. Mienis
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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Egerton <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 4:48 AM
Subject: Re: Question Man


> I just saw on Martha Stewart last night that you can prevent slugs from
> getting to your potted plants by tying a copper wire around the pot. She
> said the slugs won't cross the wire due to a chemical reaction between
> the copper and thier slime. Anyone have an opinion on this?
>
> Peter Egerton,
> Vancouver, Canada
>
>
> At 06:08 PM 8/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Art,
> >I pour white vinegar in the cracks of my patio to kill the weeds.  It
works
> >for a good while when it is dry, but once the rains come, the weeds start
> >growing again.  When I had pets that spent time on the patio, I worried
> >about using poisons, so I started using vinegar.
> >
> >Shell related - I couldn't tell that affected the slugs that like to eat
my
> >plants.  Still use beer or salt on them.
> >Lucy Clampit
> >Houston, TX
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> >Behalf Of Art Weil
> >Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 11:53 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Question Man
> >
> >Dear All---and others;-
> >        I have been reading with great interest the matter of pesticides
> >in the environment. Our super-molecules have given us a wealth of
> >plastics and a plethora of ways to kill things. We have sprays for about
> >every pest known to man---and a few known to women as well. I bought
> >mole-poison. It doesn't work. My moles dip their worms in it like a
> >chip-dip. But I also use Round-Up to keep weeds out of my driveway, wasp
> >spray so my wife can go outside, and a thing called Snake-Away for the
> >bottom of our garden.
> >    IN the house, I find that flying insects will go to a light where
> >they burn themselves up. No spray needed.
> >    I'd give them all up if some of our pests were a bit less
> >pestiferous.
> >    The QUESTION is----has anyone out there got a better idea? AND will
> >it work like today?
> >        Q-man
> >
> >
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