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Talkback: Enjoy strawberries all summer

Jill StephensJill Stephens Posts: 26
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How can I protect strawberries rom snails/slugs. I replanted them into window boxes on the terrace, but they still arrive in their dozens!!

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    Try a few organic slug pellets

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    Try copper tape, and a drench of nematodes in spring.

  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295

    Hi Jill,

    I tuck large fir cones around mine .... it seems to make it much more difficult for any slugs to move around. It also keeps the fruit off the soil in the summer.

     

    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294

    hi image

    i use  a deterrent spray, its especially good under the rim of pots, i swear by this stuff, i even spray it directly on crops, its called SAS spray, can be a bit difficult to get, but one  can usuallly lasts me a season, dont be put off by the label, as its made to deter them getting indoors, it dosent kill them and i think its made from yucca so is organic... i think image, but please read the info yourself image

  • Jill StephensJill Stephens Posts: 26

    Thanks everyone! Lots of things to try! image

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