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Originally Posted by chong
For snails and slugs, use stale (or fresh) beer in a shallow pan, like a short jar cap. Snails and slugs love to party with beer. They die happy!
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Interesting, I shall give it a try. Don't you happen to know, by the way, how to efficiently exterminate ants? They seem to keep their footholds and start to expand to my tomato territory...
Coffee doesn't help anymore, boiled water neither, seems like a futile fight.
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Originally Posted by Kalabrian
Here in Italy I never had problems in receiving stuff from the Uk. Here it seems from Uk things work as they should work for all countries which are commercial partners. I also received banana plants, once a parcel with dw cavendish and another time my two Helen's.
I don't see the purpose however because, paradoxically enough, you can find much more banana plants to buy in the Uk than in the southern European countries with warm climates.
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I will see how it goes from Swizerland, and after being disappointed by the Indian bananas (which haven't arrived to Slovakia for some purpose), I hope this one will be fine.
And Kalabrian, you forgot palm enthusiasts, there seem to be more of them in the border countries, were only limited amounts of hardy palms can survive, yet I know of soooooo many people all over Europe, America,
Russia (yes, I know, they have subtropical and desert regions too, but I'm talking about the cold, European part)..
It's just the paradox that always keeps me amused. However, you know, I don't appreciate the simplicity of an apple. Yet, in India, they have troubles growing it else than on Himalayan slopes (if even there) - it needs winter period... Paradox.
. It's charming, how evryone wants what he can't have. I would call it also one of the basic human characteristics, not going to philospohy though. It just occured to me.