Stop slugs with copper

SLUGS and snails hate copper. Apparently it gives them a shock similar to when tin foil makes contact with a tooth filling.

A familiar ring

There are a number of copper controls you can lay to defend your plants. Adjustable slug rings are ideal for making a barrier in the soil around target plants such as hostas and strawberries. And self-adhesive copper slug tape, which can be put on the rim of pots or wrapped along cane supports, will prevent these determined pests causing mayhem.

Stop at barrier

At marshalls-seeds.co.uk you can buy slug barriers that are like mini fences impregnated with copper oxide material. You can lay the barriers out around entire veg patches and flower beds and they look rather cute.

Mat’s another way

At pomonafruits.co.uk you can find reusable strawberry slug mats made from a copper coated fabric. The good thing about these is they also stop soil splashing on to and