On Sat, 9 Jun 2018 20:20:02 +0100, Tim Watts wrote:

But I will try the copper "fence" as the theory should be similar: as
long as it goes tight to the ground, they'd have to climb it.

Apart from the ones already living under the soil around your plants.

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