Dear Thomas, This question seems to have taken off in another track, but yes, I have heard of just placing a circle of copper wire around your plants, like lettuce, to keep slugs and snails away. The theory is that the slug or snail will get a shock as they try to slide over the copper wire, so they keep out! Kind of a mini electric fence!! It was suggested in the piece I read that you could lift the copper circles after the young plants grew enough to be out of harms way, and could be used next planting. I guess the long row would be a long piece of wire to encircle the whole row of young plants. Cheryl Kemp Education and Workshop Coordinator BDFGAA Phone /Fax : 02 6657 5322 Home: 02 6657 5306 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.biodynamics.net.au
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: Wired! Insect deterrents > Hi Folks, > An acquaintance told me she's heard of people using very thin copper > or silver wire to ward off insects and maybe other critters. The > wire is strung a few inches above the ground and runs up and down the > garden rows. Anyone heard of this? What is the principle behind it? > I assume it concentrates energy somehow that insects don't like. > Since it doesn't seem to be very common it must have some drawbacks? > Or is it just one of those magnificent ideas from the 1960s like > smoking banana peels? > -Tom >
