Copper does NOT keep slugs out of your garden

I read on a website discussing natural ways to get rid of slugs that they will not cross over copper. I have a bunch of beading wire that is 100% copper so I started making rings around my plants with it. Then I saw a slug. I surrounded it with the copper wire. The slug slimed its way right over the copper wire like idgaf. I stopped putting copper wire around my plants and gathered the rest back. Dont believe everything you read on the internet and copper is not the solution for everything.

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Nanoose · 61-69, M

It does work. Slugs can arch their body over a cooper wire so they don't make contact with the copper. You need about a 5 inch wide copper ring to stop a medium sized slug. Cheers!

morrgin · F

@Nanoose that sounds like a lot of copper. How about pennies?

Nanoose · 61-69, M

@morrgin I did the penny thing. I hot glued pennies to card board strips and placed them around the plants it kind of worked. Cheers!