DE19831790A1

DE19831790A1 - Slug prevention fencing made of brass sheets to be placed in front of vegetable or flower bed

Info

Publication number: DE19831790A1
Application number: DE19831790A
Authority: DE
Inventors: Doris Zimmermann
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1998-09-28
Filing date: 1998-09-28
Publication date: 2000-02-03

Abstract

Shallow rectangular brass sheets are vertically positioned at the border of a flower or vegetable bed or at the entrance of a glass house/poly tunnel. The fence is held in an upright position by several pins, equipped with a hook at the top, which are pushed into the soil with their pointed lower ends. Several pre-fabricated sheets can be combined in order to form a small fence. Brass is supposed to cause a chemical reaction within the slug's organism. The slug is killed when touching the sheet. To avoid the slugs using parts of plants for climbing over the fence a small stretch of soil in front of the fence should be covered with plastic foil.

Description

Schneckenzäune herkömmlicher Bauart, wie mit Spitzen be setzte oder mit Überhang gebogene Bleche, sowie elektrische Ausführungen, haben die Nachteile, dass die selben entweder mühelos überwunden werden, oder bei elektrischen Schnecken zäunen die Energiezuführung problematisch und anfällig gegen Schmutz und Feuchtigkeit sind.(DE 196 06 143 A1).Snail fences of conventional design, such as with tips set or bent sheets with overhang, as well as electrical Executions, have the disadvantages that the same either easily overcome, or with electric snails fence the energy supply problematic and susceptible to There is dirt and moisture (DE 196 06 143 A1).

Mit der Verwendung von Schneckenzäunen aus Messing, die völlig wartungsfrei, korrosionsbeständig und unproblematisch zu handhaben sind, ist es möglich, beliebig große Anbau flächen lückenlos zu umzäunen und somit die Schnecken sicher abzuhalten, da durch die Schleimabsonderung die Oxydschicht des Metalls angelöst wird und möglicherweise toxisch auf die Schnecken wirkt.With the use of brass screw fences, the completely maintenance-free, corrosion-resistant and unproblematic to handle, it is possible to grow any size fencing areas without gaps and thus the snails to keep safe, because the mucus secretion Oxide layer of the metal is dissolved and possibly has a toxic effect on the snails.

Wie in der Zeichnung dargestellt, müßte die Höhe der Bleche etwa 10-15 cm betragen, bei einer Länge von ca. 60 cm, einer Stärke von 0,5 mm und in bezeichneter Weise aneinander gefügt werden.As shown in the drawing, the height of the Sheets are about 10-15 cm, with a length of approx. 60 cm, a thickness of 0.5 mm and in the designated manner be joined together.

Um das Überkriechen des Bleches mittels seitlich wach sender Pflanzentriebe zu unterbinden, ist es angezeigt, durch flach am Erdreich sowie am Blech anliegende, licht undurchlässige Folienstreifen eine 10-15 cm breite, pflanzenfreie Fläche zu schaffen (siehe Zeichnung).To wake up the sheet by means of the side awake To prevent sender plant shoots, it is appropriate due to light lying flat against the ground and the sheet metal impervious film strips a 10-15 cm wide, to create plant-free area (see drawing).

Claims

1. Snail fence to ward off garden snails (gastropods).
Consisting of sheet brass with an alloy content of 40-80% copper, a zinc content of 20-60% and an addition of 0.5-10% lead.

2. Snail fence according to protection claim its 0.3-0.5 mm thick sheet, in single cut pieces of 60 cm-2 meters in length, at a width of 10-15 cm, standing, flat or angled, in any length, without gaps joined together, using stabilizing bars, also made of brass, in the ground too attach is.