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buying copper wire mesh in leinster

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  • 06-12-2012 5:00am
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    carlowplayer
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    am wodering if there are any hardware/garden stores in carlow,waterford and dubllin that sell copper mesh wire as ive just finished setting up a large flowerbed and and want to prepare for the invasion of slugs once spring arrives and they start to bloom.


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    tommy2bad
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    I've seen copper tape to stick round flower pots but never enough to cover a large area.
    Crushed egg shells might be cheaper or salt or anything, copper ain't cheap. Plant some hostas somewhere, they're catnip for snails.


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    carlowplayer
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    So where can you buy Hostas you know of anywhere that sell them


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    tommy2bad
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    Sorry, I was being somewhat sarcastic, having struggled with keeping my hostas from slug damage.
    Most garden centers stock them but as their prefered condition is shady damp... you can see whare this is going.
    http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=3102
    Slug traps work well, better in summer than spring for some reason, but putting down copper mesh might be overkill.
    Then again maybe not;
    http://www.contech-inc.com/products/slugsaway/
    Might be worth asking if any of the bigger garden centers stock that stuff.
    Youcould try here; http://www.arboretum.ie/.

    Mostly though slugs are like the weather you deal with them day to day.


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