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| Tweet Topic Started: May 7 2007, 11:10 AM (305 Views) | |
TerryJ
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May 7 2007, 11:10 AM Post #1 |
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Hi all...raining here and very blustery - but garden looks overjoyed at seeing a drop of the wet stuff.... Because I won't use any chemicals on my garden (it is mainly for wildlife) I bought a roll of copper tape from ebay yesterday to put around tubs so snails and slugs won't cross over it (gives them a tiny but completely harmless electric shock)...and eat my lettuces...(which they do every year) Anyone tried it......and how did you find it? If it was any good - do you think you could cut it in half (it would then be 150mm wide) and you'd then have twice as much (cheapskate )Love x
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Poppy
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May 7 2007, 11:35 AM Post #2 |
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Never heard of that Terry? Sounds good and very humaine too. I don't have that problem with them eating stuff like that in my garden. I actually like slugs and i try not to kill them, i always think of the poor hedgehog that needs them as his food. Now frogs, yes i 'd dispose of them if i could stand looking at them long enough? Poppy |
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justjen
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May 7 2007, 12:34 PM Post #3 |
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Hi Terry, Wet and windy here too ... thank goodness i cut the grass, did my digging and planting yesterday instead of leaving it for today! I have read about the tape you mention in my garden mags and the experts speak highly of it , but i havent tried it yet ... not seen any slugs here yet .. hate the things they devour most things dont they ... yuk! Poppy , frogs love slugs and snails as well as the birds..... Yesterday i saaw a pair of green finches and 1 blue *careful!* in my garden.. I was so pleased .. and hope its the start of more to come as I only had pidgeons , starlings and Sparrows before!! Jenx |
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TerryJ
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May 7 2007, 12:41 PM Post #4 |
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Hi Poppy - every time I see Mr. Froggie I think of you (in the nicest possibly way, of course )If we lived closer - I'd come and collect all your unwanteds and he'd be in his element....... I think we still have a hedgehog, and you have to keep the balance right all round - kill off one thing, and it's the demise of another..... And anyway slugs are really OK - and snails are the cutest things (love the stripeys we're seeing at the mo) in fact even spiders - which frighten the life out of me - well, I wouldn't dream of killing them....... Here's what I bought - only 4.79 incl. Oh well if it doesn't work - I'll use it as a craft embellishment http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...:B:EOIBSA:UK:11 Love x |
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jo145
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May 7 2007, 05:37 PM Post #5 |
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Never tried copper tape, I get my slugs drunk with a tub of beer sunk in the ground! At least they die happy and my hostas survive.
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Sally
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May 7 2007, 05:40 PM Post #6 |
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Hi Terry ![]() I have heard good things about the copper ut never used it myself, I always use the beer method, its the only thing that has worked really Love to know how you get on with it? Sally
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TerryJ
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May 7 2007, 06:30 PM Post #7 |
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I think I'd be more happy keeping the slugs alive and buying my lettuce at Tesco
and my hedgehog would only end up with cirrhosis of the liver, but it's worth a try this copper thing - so I'll let you know..... Love x
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Poppy
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May 8 2007, 12:07 AM Post #8 |
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So long as the hedgehogs doesn't take some punches, wobble cut scissors and double sided tape to the copper and make cards out of it Terry? You may find you have a family of crafty hedgies? Poppy |
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TerryJ
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May 8 2007, 04:16 PM Post #9 |
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Poppy - I wondered what my Pritt stick was doing in amongst the strawberry patch
Love x
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Gazzer16
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May 8 2007, 04:49 PM Post #10 |
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Just make sure that you have No illegal plants growing from the seeds what the birds drop, especially if your having copper in the garden
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Sally
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May 8 2007, 08:31 PM Post #11 |
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waxingsteve
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May 8 2007, 09:30 PM Post #12 |
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Terry, copper works really well Believe it or not, I used to be fascinated by brass instruments At one time, my Dad made the mistake of leaving some copper pipe around, which I converted into an instrument that worked surprisingly well
Well, I made the mistake of leaving it outside one evening, it rained, and the wind blew, and the thing fell down. When I remembered it, I went out and their were snails everywhere - except inside the circle of copper In fact, I watched a couple slide up to it, touch it, and immediately retract before heading off elsewhere
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Sally
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May 8 2007, 09:36 PM Post #13 |
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Wow thats fascinating Steve, both the snails and the fact that you used to make instruments Sally |
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Gazzer16
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May 8 2007, 09:50 PM Post #14 |
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when I were lad I made a doo doo once with a comb and some silver paper out of a cigarette packet. then you put your lips on it and just go doo doo doo and I used to drive my mother nuts with it ![]() If that doesn't deserve another badge, I don't know what does
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Sally
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May 8 2007, 11:10 PM Post #15 |
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Yeah I remember making one of them too Gazzer, used to make your lips tickle
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waxingsteve
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May 9 2007, 12:08 PM Post #16 |
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Gary, is there anybody who didn't make one of those? ![]() Steve |
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TerryJ
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May 9 2007, 09:30 PM Post #17 |
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Really Steve???? Well it arrived today, so (actually, it's very pretty - would look much better framing a card (stop me someone!!!!
)Oh grief - I can still remember the tingle Funny how we have different terms for things...as a Londoner, a doo doo is something quite different......when I started reading your comment Gazzer I almost choked especially as you'd put it to your lips.... Hey - maybe slugs and snails don't get mini shocks, maybe they think it's a doo doo and it make their lips go funny too..... I'll report back after experiment finished... Love x
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Sally
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May 9 2007, 10:31 PM Post #18 |
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@ TerryI thought the same about the Doo Doo to start with I think we called them something like a zinger
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At one time, my Dad made the mistake of leaving some copper pipe around, which I converted into an instrument that worked surprisingly well
(actually, it's very pretty - would look much better framing a card (stop me someone!!!!
especially as you'd put it to your lips....
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