Comments on: Copper Rings http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2008/05/copper-rings/ Heirloom gardening and the lives of Pat 'n' Steph Sun, 20 May 2012 13:37:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Meg http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2008/05/copper-rings/comment-page-1/#comment-12041 Meg Thu, 22 May 2008 23:11:43 +0000 http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?p=339#comment-12041 We don't have many slugs so we haven't tried that, but I've heard from other people that copper rings are great at keeping slugs away. As for them finding a way over and inside the ring, a couple days ago I found a slug on the very top leaf of a 2+ foot cluster of bee balm. I had no idea they could climb like that. So, yeah, watch out for them using stray straws as a bridge to climb in! Good luck with the squash. I don't think I've ever had tromboncino, but it looks awesome! We don’t have many slugs so we haven’t tried that, but I’ve heard from other people that copper rings are great at keeping slugs away.

As for them finding a way over and inside the ring, a couple days ago I found a slug on the very top leaf of a 2+ foot cluster of bee balm. I had no idea they could climb like that. So, yeah, watch out for them using stray straws as a bridge to climb in!

Good luck with the squash. I don’t think I’ve ever had tromboncino, but it looks awesome!

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