Juvecu wrote:Thanks Ferricks, that makes good sense. I have some round stones that I can put in the bottom. Would I still need to elevate them if I put them onto bare earth?
Advisable.
aaaaand - helps keep the slugs off!
Put copper tape round the bottom of the tub or crushed egg shell in the area
Juvecu wrote:We've got loads of slugs and snails in this garden Do I just dry the egg shells, crush them and sprinkle them around?
best if you can dry them off in the oven first so the shards are extra sharp. Then just sprinkle them around the tub and even around your seedlings.
You could always make a beer trap but I think that is a waste of good beer! (pot dug into the ground with beer in it. They get drunk and drown!)
Or alternatively, the half shells of oranges or grapefruit, open side down on the earth. They like to get into the shells. You then need to go out at night with your torch, collect them and drown them in salt water.
Landscape gardiners get tress to plant in large plant pot tubs . Worth an ask as they get tossed after the tree is planted. They're not as flexible as they're made of thick ridgid plastic. but they do have handles & come in big sizes. Good for all the same jobs the flexible tubs but free if you can wangle a source.
Had them waiting at home when I got there Friday, the good lady collected them from Tesco when she did her shopping Used them Saturday to cart just short of about a ton of top soil I got from a generous bloke on Freecycle. 3 of the tubs had their handles torn, not completely through, luckily, and I just put less soil in them after that. They are a nice usable size (42 litre) and as long as you don't fill them up with very heavy things and carry them around then they are a bargain for the price. I'll probably get a few more later on or perhaps get some 'proper' Tubtrugs that have stronger handles. Even if the handles on the Tesco cheapies fail I can put on rope handles or something.
Do I just dry the egg shells, crush them and sprinkle them around?
Used them Saturday to cart just short of about a ton of top soil I got from a generous bloke on Freecycle. 3 of the tubs had their handles torn, not completely through, luckily, and I just put less soil in them after that. They are a nice usable size (42 litre) and as long as you don't fill them up with very heavy things and carry them around then they are a bargain for the price. I'll probably get a few more later on or perhaps get some 'proper' Tubtrugs that have stronger handles. Even if the handles on the Tesco cheapies fail I can put on rope handles or something.