It doesn't, it keeps them and other pests from sheltering in the pot or infesting the root zone from below. In the past I've found slugs inhabiting the base of pots, this keeps them out. On Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 11:47 AM Strazzera, Susannah <susannahs@wavehill.org> wrote: > How does screen inside the pots keep slugs from coming around the sides? > -Susannahs@wavehill.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net] On Behalf Of > Randall P. Linke > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2019 6:33 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Zephyrathes taxonomic updates > > I use window screen at the base of my pots to keep slugs, sowbugs, ants > and earwigs from making themselves at home in my pots. > > On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 1:02 PM RC Weber <r.c.weber@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Grow them in pots? Pots with window-screen covering the drainholes > > can be plunged ... > > > > Opinions? > > > > ~ Cate > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://www.avg.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com/ > ______________________________________________________________________ > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com/ > ______________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…