We tested a whole load of commonly cited slug and snail deterrents to see what happened. The answer? Not much!! When slugs and snails are travelling along a horizontal surface then nothing much will stop them, as they an just put out a thick layer of mucus that stops them contacting anything below. Slug rings work as a vertical barrier as the slug or snail detests copper, but if it puts out a mucus layer to protect themselves.... they slide off! ...

Slug proof gardening We love our slug rings and they are fantastic at protecting your prized dahlias and your precious seedlings… but you don't want to put a ring on every plant! So what to do? We opt for a mix of plants that are naturally slug resistant and just use the copper for show pieces like echinacea, delphiniums and dahlias… and of course the veggie patch. So how do they do it?? Some plants have built in natural defences against slugs and snails, which make ...

Here are some tips on using Slugrings to keep your hostas looking perfect all summer:   Ensure all stems are within the ring in spring, if your plant has grown you can combine two rings together to make a super sized ring.   Check that no plants are overhanging the ring as slugs and snails can and will abseil in!! Make sure that nothing outside the ring is creating a bridge such as nearby leaves, woodchip or soil.   All stems within ring Hostas ...

The main aim of slugrings is to provide a really effective solution that is completely safe to all other wildlife and plants. Slugrings don't actually damage the slugs and snails, they just create a very bad taste when their slime reacts with the copper. It is so unpleasant for the mollusc it simply turns them away. This means that when using slugrings you will still have slugs and snails in your garden for other wildlife to feast upon, and attracting predators is a great way to help ...

I spent a very pleasant afternoon playing with my new pet. I've named him StJohn the ninja snail and he is quite lovely. I thought it would be interesting to trial a few commonly quoted snail deterrents and see how they fared. Results are as follows: 1) Egg shells didn't seem to phase him at all. Tried him quite a few times and just didn't seem to notice them? 2) coffee grinds. He fell off these a bit as they kept sliding out from under him but didn't seem to actually ...

  Some plants are nice single stem tidy plants, but for other larger plants or those with multiple stems you may want a larger copper ring. The Slugrings clever design and the malleability of the pure copper means you can bend the rings and combine them to make the largest ring you may need. This provides ideal slug protection for large hostas, salvias and even large pots.             View this post on ...

  So what exactly is a bridge? When we say to avoid bridging, we simply mean you must ensure there is nothing passing from outside the ring to inside the ring that would allow a slug to pass over the copper to your plant!             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by ...

Let's talk about overhang. Not the post Easter too much chocolate type, but leaves.    Slugrings are really effective to just fit and ignore when the plant is a nice upright Delphinium, or a single stem dahlia. They are equally effective for multi stem plants like hostas or Ligularia but they require a slightly different approach and a little more attention.      When leaves first appear inside the ring they are nice and tidy, but as they grow ...

  Many customers are buying our copper rings to protect thier Delphiniums, Lupins and Dahlias. All of these plants will need supports as they grow, and its important to do this correctly when using a Slugrings.   When staking plants using a copper slugring it is essential that all stakes are kept within the copper ring. This is to prevent any bridges from outside to your plant. If the stakes are outside of the copper then slugs and snails will just access your plant ...

A few summers ago our eldest daughter invented a song that goes like this    “Is it a girl…. is it a boy…. I don't know unless I look at it’s…. bottom”   She sang it loud and proud everywhere we went for about 4 weeks, and it's a catchy tune… so we all somehow ended up joining in. Even now I’m regretting restarting this earworm... But the point is, in many cases in the animal kingdom that is the way you tell ...