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Old August 12, 2012   #24
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Originally Posted by Zeedman View Post
I've observed that climbing plants often are reluctant to climb galvanized metal. Which is not really surprising, if you do a search for 'zinc toxicity".
Interesting. Maybe plants get some kind of electrical shock touching galvanized metal, just like how slugs gets shocked touching copper. I am forcing my plants to climb galvanized fencing with ties.
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