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Originally Posted by greenmeany  yeah haha but seriously, help with slugs? anyone? |
you need few meters of copper wire - make a nest (multiple rings) shape on the soil around main stem - but it must not touch the stem. Make sure there are no slugs on the plant before you do that, otherwise they will be trapped inside the "ring" and eating all your plant. also verify if any other plant is doing a "bridge" for it, as the copper will avoid them if they come from the floor but not from above - ie. other plants in contact with the one you want to protect.
If you cut copper wire or foil in tiny pieces and sprinkle around will do the same effect - the good thing about copper as it will last for the whole season.
for a quicker method blend a whole head of garlic in 1 liter of water, and spray your plants + soil every 3 or 4 days and after the rain. also you may plant some garlic all around the plant you want to protect as it help as well.
for a better organic control of the whole garden place few deep-ish cheap plastic bowls with a mixture of 1/2 water 1/2 flat-old beer and bury it leveled to the ground -- it will attract lots of slugs around and make them drown.