I am indebted to a French gardener in a village near Piriac-sur-Mer for this idea. First take a tin can and with both ends removed, take a pair of tin snips and make the jagged edge that you can see.
Place the tin uncut edge down into the earth and you now have an edge that even the most enthusiastic slug/snail will find too daunting.
4 comments:
Well that is certainly simple enough. Even I could tackle this without a major catastrophe, LOL
Margaret
What a simple idea. I know many people who put out a small bowl of beer too. It also works.
Whata great idea. That would have also kept the snails from our peas. Too late now but will plan it in for next year.
Gosh, I know this is an ancient thread, but, do you put the tin around the plant? I was thinking you could open up the tin so you had a straight run of spikes, then add other tins to make a sort of fence.
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