As bizarre as it sounds, gardeners and horticulturalists are turning to the latest hi-tech method of stopping slugs & snails munching their way through valuable plant stocks. The very latest of these is a type of miniature electric fence being manufactured by a UK company.
(PRWEB) May 13, 2005 -- Gone are the days of using pellets, beer traps and the myriad of unlikely methods handed down from generations of old wives. Todays gardeners, are often to be found nurturing valuable and difficult to grow plants and are increasingly seeking the most effective methods of pest control. Not missing an opportunity in this lucrative market, manufacturers provide a bewildering array or gadgets, chemicals and even bio-tech solutions for the gardener to use in the annual spring/summer slug-fest. Amongst these new products comes a system that involves giving the unwanted slimy gastropods a small electric shock.
UK manufacturer Beron has designed and developed a cheap and effective solution that can be applied just about anywhere in the garden or horticultural greenhouse. Called SnailAway, the system uses a specially designed tape which is attached to a small matchbox-sized box. Into this box is put a spent" battery, such as those from a smoke detector. Apparently theres still enough power in these to operate the SnailAway for a whole season.
For the technically-minded, heres how it works: Along the length of the The SnailAway tape are two thin metallic strips. Connected at one end of the tape is the box containing the spent" battery. When a slug or snail attempts to cross the tape, on making contact with the two strips it makes a short-circuit and receives a mild electric shock. The gastropods then quickly recoils and goes away, preferably to feed on your weeds.
However strange it seems, using electric fences to control snails is not new, French snail farmers have for many years been using them around their snail pits to stop their livestock crawling away.
As for uses, SnailAway can be applied pots, planters, raised beds and even trees; yes apparently some slugs and snails like fruit too. Using a battery means the device is totally safe for children and pets – more than can be said for most other slug & snail control methods. Environmentally sensitive gardeners looking for solution for slugs and snails control will no doubt applaud a system that claims to be totally eco-safe. SnailAway has been installed in the plant nurseries of the Eden Project and is also approved by the RSPB. The system is reliable, having no moving parts or chemicals to replenish, so can be fitted at the start of the growing season and be forgotten about.
Manufacturer Beron claims that so far customer response has been extremely positive", with some reporting the return to their gardens of the songbird,hedgehog, frog and toad now that slugs and snails are being controlled rather than killed. Beron also states the 7.99 device is 100% effective and offers a no-quibble money-back guarantee.
If an electric fence" to control slugs and snails sounds a touch extreme or even a little eccentric to you, take note that for 2005 experts predict a massive surge in the slug population. Maybe its time to have a look at SnailAway. Find out more at online at www.snailaway.com, a site that has extensive information on the various available methods and techniques for controlling slugs & snails. It even has videos of snails getting a shock attempting to cross the SnailAway, essential viewing for any gardener on a rainy afternoon!
If youd like more information about this topic, or wish to schedule an interview with Ron Turvey, the inventor and manufacturer of SnailAway, please call 01582 653199 or email beron@ntlworld.com
Company Information:
Formed in 2003 to manufacture and distribute SnailAway, Beron was started by Ron & Beryl Turvey, inverntors of SnailAway
Contact:
Ron Turvey
Beron
10 Stanmore Crescent, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2RJ, United Kingdom
Tel. 01582 653199
http://www.snailaway.com
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