<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 7/2/2003 11:25:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, heleen@ptdprolog.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=4 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Why copper stripping? Is it something about the copper that stops them or can they just not climb up metal, and if so, why do you have to use copper?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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No, it's a specific chemical reaction between the slime on their bodies and the copper. If I remember correctly, it creates something like a small electrical charge :-) Something they definitely don't want to deal with.<BR>
I used to get a magazine called Kitchen Garden, and that was one of their organic suggestions for dealing with slugs.<BR>
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Brangwayna</FONT></HTML>