Recommend looking into copper tape as an alternative to copper wire. If you pick the right tape, with non-conductive adhesive, it will be electrically isolated from the wood, meaning your batteries should last longer. As you've said before - the copper tape doesn't fix well to wood - maybe put another tape down as an intermediary - not sure what would be best yet - I'll be doing my own investigations too :D
You are a creative marvel and technically very savvy. Your instructions are so clear no wonder people listen to you and trust you. A whole bunch of new gardeners will encounter such problems and need you.
I have this installed in my garden Previously slugs have been found in the hanging baskets Copper wire is the way to go However it still needs maintenance you loose conductivity as the wire tarnishes Simply spray the wire with brick acid and your back in business in seconds I used 1.25mm wire Great results
Good ideas, Lilly. I too had this idea but have never yet got around to it. But what I wondered was whether there wound be a market for waterproof rolls of tape, with twin conducting lines already attached or better still imprinted 🤔 Don’t know if anyone makes these🤔 Copper often tarnishes eventually. Maybe a non-tarnishing plating? More expensive but might last for many many years Maybe also, solar powered with battery charged for nights. And s Beds could be connected one to another to another such that one power pack could cover several beds
As another line of defence you could spray your vegetables with a garlic water solution, this deters slugs and snails away from the plant and it is an organic way to get rid of them as oppose to chemicals. I am no gardening expert but I watched it on a gardening program that we have in England. Hope this helps.
That’s a great idea, it should be a great help. I have a duck “Gilly” who’s nesting box is in my greenhouse, he loves it, and he takes care of all my pest problems. Merry Christmas my friend, be well.
Hi Lilly, good idea I will make one. I live in France, this year slugs have destroyed 80% of my beans ! You can add a resistor to the circuit to limit the current and avoid a shortcut on the battery, if something goes wrong. It's would be interesting to test how much current is necessary to zap these beasts :D If you want to shock it harder (to make the snail remember not to climb), you can also add a capacitor in the circuit, it will send a lot of power into the wires in a millisecond without damaging the battery.
Hi Lilly, great idea, j worked on telephone wires so have the correct crimps and can strip sheathing off long lengths of copper wires in a cable, wires are about .5mm or thereabouts, coupled with insulators on the corners so that wire is just off the wood, hopefully should be ideal for slugs/snails, keep the videos coming!!👍
Sorry, but I laughed - watching someone licking a 9-volt battery is always funny. Looking forward to trail-cam footage on the spring, of snails and slugs bring zapped.
Have you tried catching snails with a low pan filled with beer? Snails love beer, at least in the states-usa just put it out at night, after a few hours your pan will be full!
Look very good and i think that should work, also cheap and easy to build and install; i wouldn't have thought on the snails or slugs. Hope that it give you the service that you want
I was thinking about this last year when we had hundreds of slugs due to warm winter and wet spring. This year it is going to be even worse. I am so glad you did and tested it.
Blessings Lilly !!! Thank you so much for these informations, I also have problems with slugs and snails. So I´ll try this method and see what happens. I only don´t agree with the voltage you propose; I´ll put 2 batteries in series to get 18 V. just to be sure that I get rid of these moluscs. I don´t live in Australia and where I live slugs are not protected by laws. And something have to protect my vegetables from slugs and snails. Thank you again !!!
Hi Lilly, good idea but how long does your battery last? It seems stapling it directly to the wood will drain (shorten) the battery, especially if the wood gets wet. Also use beer traps in your raised beds, those work really well and are not toxic.Look forward to your next clip! Cheers, Peter
@@Sebastianmandel there are also rechargeable 9v batteries around, but 24h seems too short of a duration, testing is needed with a voltmeter until the voltage drops to 5.4v (which is when it is empty)
@@TheRimBrakeGuy I build a 30 meter long fence and made it as in this video. I´ve noticed that when it rains the battery drains quite quickly but on more or less dry days my rechargable batteries can last 2-3 days. But these are old batteries so I want to buy some newer once to see if they will last longer. And Im also thinking of making some sort of cover on top of the wood, maybe in plastic, so the cobber threats stay as dry as possible, even during rainy days. So far im a fan of this cheap DIY solution, if you can live with changing the battery quite often.
Dear @Lilly, wouldn't the battery discharge on the first rain? Plank will be wet, current will flow. Can you please give us an update on this setup? Better alternative? Love from Montréal
To get ride of your trapped snails and slugs try "cooking" your soil. there are different ways of doing this from take all your soil and heating it in your oven, heating your soil with heat lamps and other heaters while you turn your soil over. A large propane torch or build a fire in your beds. Afterwards you'll want to add compost or compost tea for the micro biome. good video I will try this with our new beds.
Hello Lilly. I have now watched some of your videos and I have noticed that sometimes the wind makes a lot of sound. My tip is buing "windjammer". It is a bit of "fur" that you tape over the microphone, and all the windnoise dissapears. Have a great new years eve ! nick of Sweden
I would recommend a half a centimeter between wires. I have seen several slugs about 1 cm length in my traps. I am thinking of just attaching up my wires to the house plug, which is 110 volts. That way no battery will fail. . If the wires cross, it will only trigger the circuit breaker. I could put a led light on it to make sure the wire is live.
You can fill a small container ( tuna can) with beer and the snails will drown themselves in it, use them for fishing bait or throw them into the compost pile. Very effective around strawberry plants in raised bed gardens.
I’ve just done this set up on several pots for my dahlias. Should I feel a shock when I touch it? I’m not sure if I’ve done something wrong, as I’ve feeling nothing.
No you won't feel a shock from 9 volts unless say you put your tongue across the wires, then you should feel something. You can use a multi meter or bulb to test the system.
Sorry to disturb for a question partially relevant with your snail prevention system (which btw is very well explained! :) I plan to make it with a current sensor for attempts counting. I'll let you know how it works) --- Regarding to your raised beds, I'm wondering about the fabric I see in between the wooden frame and the ground. What's the purpose? Is it waterproof? Is it durable? How many years? Thank you a lot!
Hi, being as no one has answered Ill try to help with my opinion :). The main purpose is to help retain water evaporation, insulate the soil and help keep in the rain from washing away nutrients ( I grow outdoors). I save my soil bags and use them on the sides and bottom, shouldn't be water tight then add some weed matting. Then add a mix of sand/ stones/ gravel and water retaining gel ( this stuff is so underrated ) the gel will absorb upto 200x its size. Plant roots love this stuff and water is 33.3% oxygen, as the gels expand and contract as they dry, they create air pockets aerating the soil!
@@staffordshirebullterrierli7411 Thank you, many new tips for me!! The tip of plastic water barrier addresses a question I have since quite a while. Thank you. I'm wondering about the amount of water retaining gel I need to buy for every square meter (and 35cm thick) of soil. Could you give me an idea? Thank you in advance!
@@sergioaiello7135 No worries bud. As to how much gel depends on you but dnt need too much. I got a kg from ebay for 10 quid and that goes really far if able to water often. I'm on my 2nd kilo now and I have done alot of experiments with it in the past. In a planter or big pot then moisture the gels first and then just throw in a couple/few handfuls of gel and Perlite to a bucket, mix well with desired compost/ soil mix then fill the planter, repeat till planter(add also a handful of grow more per bucket till planter full , I also add abit of bone and fish meal to the mid/top layers, you don't really need them above the top 50% of soil unless using for tomatos, then it will help getting really good roots from stem if replanting sideways. :)
@@sergioaiello7135 Ild also recommend using a 2l plastic bottle with very small holes drilled half way down, fill with matting and bury deep in the soil inbetween plants. Using this method delivers water straight to the roots/gels and keeps top of soil dry which helps against slugs. I also use crushed seashells and sharp sand to help with this but I also grew a load of rhubarb and flowers from seed which I offer them as a easy feed and all these measures have worked out extremely well :)
Tried this years ago. The batteries go flat very quickly because wood contains moisture and this drains the batteries. However running both wires to earth has some effect with baby slugs (if the wires are close together)
To the tune of 'Strangers In The Night' - Sinatra: 'Snails in the niiight....electric fences....crawling over branch...what were the chances...locked inside the bed.....before the night was throuuuuugh!' Seriously I really like this system, very simple and should be effective. I have heard about a non powered version of this that uses a wide layer of copper all the way around with no electric. Like 2cm copper tape? There is something about copper that repels them naturally. Maybe more expensive and less zapping to be sure, but no battery. Maybe experiment on a smaller raised bed?
Would the copper wire oxidize with time making it less effective? I wonder if the unlike metals (staples and wire) creating a thermocouple type junction, may also exacerbate that corrosion?
Hey Lilly I had to do a double take when your video was titled an electric fence for snails😂 not funny to a gardener I guess. I do not remember for sure but I believe my mom used to sprinkle Cayenne or chili pouder in the greenhouse a little bit to detour the snails. I could be remembering wrong 🤔maybe you could find research for it. She never used any chemicals of any kind just natural stuff. Good luck!
This is totally fine for dogs, it also doesn't kill the snails. The dog won't notice it unless he licks both parts or places his wet nose on both parts simultaneously and even then it's just a light zap.
Snail and Slugs do not like Ash from a fire, so you cant mix some in with your soil or make a barrier with it. Slugs are attracted to beer ... a few bowls scattered around can really reduce their numbers. ... or get yourself a pet hedgehog, lol
Use stainless-steel wire ,coper will degrade over time, like they use for welding on a spool , and stainless steel staples , its a job done for life then.
Doesn't work well enough. Last year all my efforts went to waste because of an unusually large population of snails, though I did go out at sundown to pick them off and take them to the Forrest.
You do know,right, that its enough to just put up like 1 cm wide copper tape around the box. This is enough to make the snails not get past it. No batteries or electricity is needed.
@@adrianessig8188It sort of works but it's not a 100% method. Im going to build one of these round a big planter im building, but i have a few old car batteries that have dropped a cell so only kicking out around 9volts so will try them and add some cheap solar lights to charge them :). So far for slug prevention ive been using sharp sand and crushed sea shells. This has worked out really really good, the shells are still sharp when wet and i havent had a single tomato casualty, however i have lost a few beans but we normally have armies of slugs due to where i live, we have a natural stream under our garden so the clay/ soil is extremely damp. I used beer traps once and they do attract them (from about 60 mile radius i think)
I can’t believe you did that. Them poor snails just trying to find something to eat and you put the trap all the way at the top of the bed so those poor little things scrape and scratch their way to the top and then they fall off. But you might be right, evidently, your snails are like a little ninjas they climb on the other pants and then polevault into the beds. Anyway I’m probably wrong so, good job Lilly. You’re the best.....
Why don't you just nail a wide copper strip - 2 to 3 cm - around the top of your boards...no electricity needed, slugs will not cross the copper strip. It's thin, and can be purchased in rolls. Also spreading coarse sand around the plant will kill the snails, as will diatomaceous earth.
saw an army cadet put his tongue on a 90volt battery when he was a radio operator. They thought he was dead he collapsed so quickly. Took awhile for him to come too also. DON'T DO IT.
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You get a thumbs up for licking the battery! 👍
I am sorry Lilly but when you put your tongue on the battery and you KNEW what was coming well I lost my breath laughing (with respect)😂😎
Recommend looking into copper tape as an alternative to copper wire. If you pick the right tape, with non-conductive adhesive, it will be electrically isolated from the wood, meaning your batteries should last longer. As you've said before - the copper tape doesn't fix well to wood - maybe put another tape down as an intermediary - not sure what would be best yet - I'll be doing my own investigations too :D
You are a creative marvel and technically very savvy. Your instructions are so clear no wonder people listen to you and trust you. A whole bunch of new gardeners will encounter such problems and need you.
I have this installed in my garden
Previously slugs have been found in the hanging baskets
Copper wire is the way to go
However it still needs maintenance you loose conductivity as the wire tarnishes
Simply spray the wire
with brick acid and your back in business in seconds
I used 1.25mm wire
Great results
I am impressed with your knowledge of all things. Lots of common since.
Good ideas, Lilly.
I too had this idea but have never yet got around to it.
But what I wondered was whether there wound be a market for waterproof rolls of tape, with twin conducting lines already attached or better still imprinted 🤔
Don’t know if anyone makes these🤔
Copper often tarnishes eventually. Maybe a non-tarnishing plating?
More expensive but might last for many many years
Maybe also, solar powered with battery charged for nights.
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Beds could be connected one to another to another such that one power pack could cover several beds
Thank you Lilly!
I really like the burnt wood look on your raised beds.
As another line of defence you could spray your vegetables with a garlic water solution, this deters slugs and snails away from the plant and it is an organic way to get rid of them as oppose to chemicals. I am no gardening expert but I watched it on a gardening program that we have in England. Hope this helps.
Especially those pesky vampire snails :)
That’s a great idea, it should be a great help. I have a duck “Gilly” who’s nesting box is in my greenhouse, he loves it, and he takes care of all my pest problems. Merry Christmas my friend, be well.
Hi Lilly, good idea I will make one. I live in France, this year slugs have destroyed 80% of my beans ! You can add a resistor to the circuit to limit the current and avoid a shortcut on the battery, if something goes wrong. It's would be interesting to test how much current is necessary to zap these beasts :D If you want to shock it harder (to make the snail remember not to climb), you can also add a capacitor in the circuit, it will send a lot of power into the wires in a millisecond without damaging the battery.
Hi Lilly, great idea, j worked on telephone wires so have the correct crimps and can strip sheathing off long lengths of copper wires in a cable, wires are about .5mm or thereabouts, coupled with insulators on the corners so that wire is just off the wood, hopefully should be ideal for slugs/snails, keep the videos coming!!👍
Sorry, but I laughed - watching someone licking a 9-volt battery is always funny.
Looking forward to trail-cam footage on the spring, of snails and slugs bring zapped.
Have you tried catching snails with a low pan filled with beer? Snails love beer, at least in the states-usa just put it out at night, after a few hours your pan will be full!
Look very good and i think that should work, also cheap and easy to build and install; i wouldn't have thought on the snails or slugs. Hope that it give you the service that you want
I laughed so hard with the battery tongue thing lol
What a fantastic idea!!!!
Spitze Lilly! Deine Elektro Künste begeistern mich immer wieder ;) LG und Frohes Fest, Sepp
Love this idea. Thank you!
Wow great video, thank you so much for sharing !!!
I just got here from your other channel. I liked and subscribed. !:- )
I was thinking about this last year when we had hundreds of slugs due to warm winter and wet spring. This year it is going to be even worse. I am so glad you did and tested it.
Blessings Lilly !!! Thank you so much for these informations, I also have problems with slugs and snails. So I´ll try this method and see what happens. I only don´t agree with the voltage you propose; I´ll put 2 batteries in series to get 18 V. just to be sure that I get rid of these moluscs. I don´t live in Australia and where I live slugs are not protected by laws. And something have to protect my vegetables from slugs and snails.
Thank you again !!!
Hi Lilly, good idea but how long does your battery last? It seems stapling it directly to the wood will drain (shorten) the battery, especially if the wood gets wet. Also use beer traps in your raised beds, those work really well and are not toxic.Look forward to your next clip! Cheers, Peter
About 24h. Then you have to change batteries but you can connect solar cells instead
@@kampbadam295 solar cells for night time?
24 hours?? That cant be true. Then you have to change batteri every single day. Then it would end up being quite an expensive solution .
@@Sebastianmandel there are also rechargeable 9v batteries around, but 24h seems too short of a duration, testing is needed with a voltmeter until the voltage drops to 5.4v (which is when it is empty)
@@TheRimBrakeGuy I build a 30 meter long fence and made it as in this video. I´ve noticed that when it rains the battery drains quite quickly but on more or less dry days my rechargable batteries can last 2-3 days. But these are old batteries so I want to buy some newer once to see if they will last longer. And Im also thinking of making some sort of cover on top of the wood, maybe in plastic, so the cobber threats stay as dry as possible, even during rainy days. So far im a fan of this cheap DIY solution, if you can live with changing the battery quite often.
Useful. Thank you.
Dear @Lilly, wouldn't the battery discharge on the first rain?
Plank will be wet, current will flow.
Can you please give us an update on this setup? Better alternative?
Love from Montréal
To get ride of your trapped snails and slugs try "cooking" your soil. there are different ways of doing this from take all your soil and heating it in your oven, heating your soil with heat lamps and other heaters while you turn your soil over. A large propane torch or build a fire in your beds. Afterwards you'll want to add compost or compost tea for the micro biome. good video I will try this with our new beds.
Hello Lilly.
I have now watched some of your videos and I have noticed that sometimes the wind makes a lot of sound.
My tip is buing "windjammer". It is a bit of "fur" that you tape over the microphone, and all the windnoise dissapears.
Have a great new years eve !
nick of Sweden
cool idea , I probably tell also my Mom who is a better Gardner than me.
I would recommend a half a centimeter between wires.
I have seen several slugs about 1 cm length in my traps.
I am thinking of just attaching up my wires to the house plug, which is 110 volts.
That way no battery will fail. . If the wires cross, it will only trigger the circuit breaker.
I could put a led light on it to make sure the wire is live.
Gute Idee.bin mal gespannt aufs Frühjahr ob der Zaun gut funktioniert . Weil bei Feuchtigkeit oder Regen wird ja der Zaun auch nass 🙈
Hi Lily, I wanted to try this also however I have my vegetable garden surrounded with steel (‘corten steel’). Do you think this could work or not?
Whaaaat! Did not know you have two channels :)
Great video--thank you!
Genius idea! Hope it works for you.
Great information Lilly! 🐌
Outstanding darlin, you are creative and tenacious. Bravo
Try 'Perlite,' a lightweight agricultural mineral. It clings to the slug's excretion and they won't go across it.
does this really work?
speaking of the cold, you could also put in some insulation around the inside of the battery case
I couldn't find the announced follow-up video. Is there any feedback how it worked in practice?
does this work on open field? when everything rainy and wet? or will the battery drain, or the electricity just go somwhere else?
Cold is actually good for your batteries...you want to keep any long term battery purchases in your fridge actually!
Thank you! We have just built some raised beds, and seen your video just in time. Like you said, start from the beginning : )
G'day Lilly, this is really interesting never thought about an electric fence for snails. God bless you.
You can fill a small container ( tuna can) with beer and the snails will drown themselves in it, use them for fishing bait or throw them into the compost pile. Very effective around strawberry plants in raised bed gardens.
That's what everyone says. All I got was drunk slugs!
Snails are for eating, not them eating our food. Start a snail harvest video and how to best cook them. Love ya' Lilly.
I’ve just done this set up on several pots for my dahlias. Should I feel a shock when I touch it? I’m not sure if I’ve done something wrong, as I’ve feeling nothing.
No you won't feel a shock from 9 volts unless say you put your tongue across the wires, then you should feel something. You can use a multi meter or bulb to test the system.
I've got to see your 'next spring's' video you are going to film. Did you film it?
Will the setup get shortcircuit due to rain water?
Sorry to disturb for a question partially relevant with your snail prevention system (which btw is very well explained! :) I plan to make it with a current sensor for attempts counting. I'll let you know how it works) --- Regarding to your raised beds, I'm wondering about the fabric I see in between the wooden frame and the ground. What's the purpose? Is it waterproof? Is it durable? How many years? Thank you a lot!
Hi, being as no one has answered Ill try to help with my opinion :).
The main purpose is to help retain water evaporation, insulate the soil and help keep in the rain from washing away nutrients ( I grow outdoors).
I save my soil bags and use them on the sides and bottom, shouldn't be water tight then add some weed matting.
Then add a mix of sand/ stones/ gravel and water retaining gel ( this stuff is so underrated ) the gel will absorb upto 200x its size.
Plant roots love this stuff and water is 33.3% oxygen, as the gels expand and contract as they dry, they create air pockets aerating the soil!
@@staffordshirebullterrierli7411 Thank you, many new tips for me!! The tip of plastic water barrier addresses a question I have since quite a while. Thank you. I'm wondering about the amount of water retaining gel I need to buy for every square meter (and 35cm thick) of soil. Could you give me an idea? Thank you in advance!
@@sergioaiello7135 No worries bud. As to how much gel depends on you but dnt need too much. I got a kg from ebay for 10 quid and that goes really far if able to water often. I'm on my 2nd kilo now and I have done alot of experiments with it in the past.
In a planter or big pot then moisture the gels first and then just throw in a couple/few handfuls of gel and Perlite to a bucket, mix well with desired compost/ soil mix then fill the planter, repeat till planter(add also a handful of grow more per bucket till planter full , I also add abit of bone and fish meal to the mid/top layers, you don't really need them above the top 50% of soil unless using for tomatos, then it will help getting really good roots from stem if replanting sideways. :)
@@sergioaiello7135 Ild also recommend using a 2l plastic bottle with very small holes drilled half way down, fill with matting and bury deep in the soil inbetween plants.
Using this method delivers water straight to the roots/gels and keeps top of soil dry which helps against slugs.
I also use crushed seashells and sharp sand to help with this but I also grew a load of rhubarb and flowers from seed which I offer them as a easy feed and all these measures have worked out extremely well :)
Tried this years ago. The batteries go flat very quickly because wood contains moisture and this drains the batteries. However running both wires to earth has some effect with baby slugs (if the wires are close together)
What do you mean by running both wires to earth? I know nothing of electricity.
To the tune of 'Strangers In The Night' - Sinatra:
'Snails in the niiight....electric fences....crawling over branch...what were the chances...locked inside the bed.....before the night was throuuuuugh!'
Seriously I really like this system, very simple and should be effective. I have heard about a non powered version of this that uses a wide layer of copper all the way around with no electric. Like 2cm copper tape? There is something about copper that repels them naturally. Maybe more expensive and less zapping to be sure, but no battery. Maybe experiment on a smaller raised bed?
Use copper staples or nails to prevent galvanic corrosion
Have you considered having a a bed dedicated just for them? My Aunt in Pasadena had one.
This is the best method I’ve seen. I’ve tried many methods. None seem to work
Fry them up and make some snails stew
how long will such a battery last?
How many days it work?( one battery)
Would the copper wire oxidize with time making it less effective? I wonder if the unlike metals (staples and wire) creating a thermocouple type junction, may also exacerbate that corrosion?
I'd think that might be the case. Maybe nickel coated copper wire might resist oxidisation better?
what if it rains? will it short?
All you need is a bowl of beer. Big bowl because you'll catch a lot very quickly.
Hey Lilly I had to do a double take when your video was titled an electric fence for snails😂 not funny to a gardener I guess. I do not remember for sure but I believe my mom used to sprinkle Cayenne or chili pouder in the greenhouse a little bit to detour the snails. I could be remembering wrong 🤔maybe you could find research for it. She never used any chemicals of any kind just natural stuff. Good luck!
Does the copper eventually oxidize (be coated with a green patina like a US penny)? Will that render this fence ineffective?
it is still effective, even when oxidized. you can take other wire too besides copper
slugs can inside your raised bed in the soil
Snails are good baked with garlic and parmesan cheese. That's about all they're good for.
What is the cap you put on the battery called?
great
I would be interested in listening to a conversation with you and your mum about changes seen in Austria re gardening. Thanks.
Working?
what is the diameter of the wire?
Is it dangerous for home pets? For example, I need this, but I got a dog and so I am a bit terrified is this OK for dogs?
This is totally fine for dogs, it also doesn't kill the snails. The dog won't notice it unless he licks both parts or places his wet nose on both parts simultaneously and even then it's just a light zap.
Thanks, i will try do this. Those snails are really annoying :)
Snail and Slugs do not like Ash from a fire, so you cant mix some in with your soil or make a barrier with it. Slugs are attracted to beer ... a few bowls scattered around can really reduce their numbers. ... or get yourself a pet hedgehog, lol
How will wet wood effect the fence when watering garden and battery life?
Use stainless-steel wire ,coper will degrade over time, like they use for welding on a spool , and stainless steel staples , its a job done for life then.
Use a strip of LED lights - much simpler
How would this work?
Make beer traps.
Are you crazy? Wasting good beer:)
Try diomatacous earth. Just sprinkle in and around your raised beds. It is very unpleasant for the snails.
i used a diehard truck battery with 900 cranking amps, smoooking
The humane way is to check leaves to see if they're eaten. If so, you've got slugs/snails in the inner perimeter, pick them out alive. Simple as that.
Doesn't work well enough. Last year all my efforts went to waste because of an unusually large population of snails, though I did go out at sundown to pick them off and take them to the Forrest.
Just add lime to your raised bed to kill the slugs and 🐌 snails
!!!
you can also sterilize your soil
I read you can cook cough syrup from some types of snails. Never felt like trying it out, though...
Do gardeners a favor...connect it to 230volt ac
I've only done the 🍻 method. Beer pit.
Yeah, but then I get trapped in it...
You do know,right, that its enough to just put up like 1 cm wide copper tape around the box. This is enough to make the snails not get past it. No batteries or electricity is needed.
This never worked for me. Even did two strips but the snails just didn't care.
@@adrianessig8188It sort of works but it's not a 100% method.
Im going to build one of these round a big planter im building, but i have a few old car batteries that have dropped a cell so only kicking out around 9volts so will try them and add some cheap solar lights to charge them :).
So far for slug prevention ive been using sharp sand and crushed sea shells. This has worked out really really good, the shells are still sharp when wet and i havent had a single tomato casualty, however i have lost a few beans but we normally have armies of slugs due to where i live, we have a natural stream under our garden so the clay/ soil is extremely damp. I used beer traps once and they do attract them (from about 60 mile radius i think)
I can’t believe you did that. Them poor snails just trying to find something to eat and you put the trap all the way at the top of the bed so those poor little things scrape and scratch their way to the top and then they fall off. But you might be right, evidently, your snails are like a little ninjas they climb on the other pants and then polevault into the beds. Anyway I’m probably wrong so, good job Lilly. You’re the best.....
Why don't you just nail a wide copper strip - 2 to 3 cm - around the top of your boards...no electricity needed, slugs will not cross the copper strip. It's thin, and can be purchased in rolls. Also spreading coarse sand around the plant will kill the snails, as will diatomaceous earth.
saw an army cadet put his tongue on a 90volt battery when he was a radio operator. They thought he was dead he collapsed so quickly. Took awhile for him to come too also. DON'T DO IT.
Snails which are protected???!!! Lol
beer in a cup kill them, after a few years very few
(no!)
the picture you show is a slug not a snail.....
Seems like the copper will oxidize quickly.
Stainless steal wire would last longer.