SLUG IT OUT!
Don't you hate it? You spend so much money and energy in planting your garden, then just when you are ready to harvest, come these slimy thieves to ruin everything for you.
There are many popular "surefire" tricks on the internet to get rid of slugs. I have tried them all. None of them really work very well.
After a lot of research, I decided to give the electric barrier a try for my strawberry patch.
This method is very easy and inexpensive to implement. It has the potential of being 100% effective, 100% nontoxic long lasting and maintenance free.
For the electric tape, I used self-adhesive copper tape (for stained glass work) and a 12v (old) battery for power. I expect one charge will last more than a season since it really is not powering anything.
Two months later, so far so good. Have not lost one single strawberry yet.
dcarch
