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chinese cabage
s omething is eating the leaves    not slugs or snails  seems to be happening at night by stuart 3
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15/05/2012 16:37:45
by stuart 3
Verbena plants stripped
My partner's mother has some verbena in some wall troughs. Last night they were fine but she found that they were stripped down to stalks this morning. Has anyone got any ideas as to what has done this? Probably slugs/ snails. There are very by nellynora
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08/06/2012 17:40:55
by nellynora
Laburnam trouble
Hi, bought a Laburnam tree in April and it was doing very until recently when something decided to eat all the leaves. Honestly they are stripped nearly bare!!! I have found a few snails on the trunk but can't see how they could stay on the leaves by JellybabyJan
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20/07/2012 19:03:51
by Dovefromabove
Help! Something is eating my rocket!
are fine. Thanks. The dreaded slugs and snails, I expect ! Always go for the main and obvious suspects which are slugs/snails-if not that then you have rabbits,or something else on legs Scatter a few slug pellets about Pigeons like rocket on my allotment by Jengil
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21/06/2012 23:11:36
by Jengil
runner bean eater
my runner beans are being eaten.. the leaves are just being left like green lacey doileys..They are still rowing though...Whats eating them and can I do anything to stop it. Sounds like slugs or snails (one of them leaves the leaf skeleton behind, I by flowergirl4
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13/06/2012 16:10:42
by flowergirl4
Passion Fruit Vine
to prosper. What sort of temps are you getting? Sorry for the late reply. I think I failed with this one....... A couple of days after my post I saw the leaves had bite marks and a couple of snails nearby. I put slug/snails pellets down and the day after by steven woodley
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11/07/2012 07:35:53
by Italophile
Clematis Daniel Deronda
Planted this clematis September last year. It is coming up nicely with 6 flowerbuds already but something is eating the leaves. Suggestions ???? Slugs and snails love clematis when it's fresh in spring so protect it with organic slug pellets and go by Marianne2
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14/04/2012 17:16:41
by obelixx
chinese cabage
something is eating my cabbages at night its not snails or slugs any ideas Woodpigeons love cabbage - it could be them. I would agree with woodpigeons,try covering the bed where you have planted them with some netting,it worked for me. by stuart 3
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16/05/2012 20:39:52
by Edentoy
Sheep it or Slug gone
Has anybody used the above, which are recommended as a slow fertiliser, but also has the added bonus of being an irritant to slugs and snails who apparently dislike the wool content of the pellets. Is it effective? Would welcome any comments by dmball
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01/07/2012 22:02:59
by quite contrary
Newbie to Morning Glory
I've only tried growing Morning Glory plants once before - with disappointing results. Last year my entire crop of 5 inch high seedlings (about 50 plants) was chewed to the roots overnight by snails. I live in a rural area with lots of surrounding by Dinah
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27/03/2012 17:58:30
by Emma Crawforth