09-21-2009, 07:35 AM
Slugs & snails do not seem to like to cross over copper. We have banded most anything we don't want them climbing (including fruit trees) with a couple of bands of copper wire (you can also purchase a thin copper tape, but the cost would be high for a catchment & I do not think that the tape is as durable as wire). With trees, you must plan on growing room & checking the bands every few months.
We are lucky (sort of) in that we had to rewire the house & have a LOT of Romax to play with (Rat bites through the Romax & live wire insulation... I HATE RATS!)
Gotta admit, I would have thought that slugs would die in a catchment, but it would still be yucky.
We are lucky (sort of) in that we had to rewire the house & have a LOT of Romax to play with (Rat bites through the Romax & live wire insulation... I HATE RATS!)
Gotta admit, I would have thought that slugs would die in a catchment, but it would still be yucky.