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Bluebells, tulips and the Malvern Show

On 06/05/2008 in Unassigned

The whole world seems to be teeming with life at the moment: the birdsong is delightful, the snails are on the march (in spite of my discovering at least three huge hibernation areas during the winter) and the plants are growing at phenomenal speed


Cuckoo flower

On 07/05/2013 in Plants

Sometimes the best things are the subtle or quiet things. A little rustle of wind through a tree, the distant knock-knocking of a thrush beating seven bells out of a snail or, in this case, a modest wildflower lurking among the rough grass beside a


Molluscide

On 06/09/2007 in Glossary

A chemical treatment used to kill slugs and snails.


chinese cabage

On 15/05/2012 in forum

s omething is eating the leaves    not slugs or snails  seems to be happening at night


Mollusc

On 06/09/2007 in Glossary

A member of the Mollusca grouping, which includes Gastropoda - soft bodied, unsegmented animals, many of which live in hard shells, eg, slugs and snails.


Verbena plants stripped

On 08/06/2012 in forum

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


Laburnam trouble

On 20/07/2012 in forum

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


runner bean eater

On 13/06/2012 in forum

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


Help! Something is eating my rocket!

On 21/06/2012 in forum

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


Clematis Daniel Deronda

On 14/04/2012 in forum

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


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