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in advance Pictures would be helpful...but I think the culprit may well be slugs/snails.  Beat me too it slugs, get some pellets down, you will probably find slugs hiding near by.   Yep, slugs and snails love petunias. Initially thought this though I

We have got a pond on are allotment and we have just got are first frogs spurn we have hade the pond for three years now and it is the first time we have frog spurn so look out slugs and snails thers frogs about thanks northwood kirkby comunity

I can't help laughing at all the articles I keep reading on slugs and snails and what people do to them, I've not give up and I think some people {nieghbours} may think I'm mad in and out at night and half grapefruit skins between plants all over

of Wight and the weather has been lovely for the last few days. "when two receptive slugs meet"Now there's an interesting thought Richard. I wonder what the chat-up line is? I have never seen slugs or snails mating but I used to keep the large garden

, and the bigger ones almost have a ‘seam’. I’d almost think they were snail eggs but I thought they would be below ground. Any ideas?   Looks like the sap one gets when a Plum moth larva has entered/exited the fruit.

I planted out several chrysanth cuttings oh, it must be two months now, but they've hardly moved. A couple have been completely demolished by snails. Is there any hope that when the weather turns they might come on, even flower, or is this year just

is not a joke,anybody got any info 4 me diggingdoris put a formula on here-she says it was very successful-9th post http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/slugs-and-snails/4584.html

Tidy up piles of flowerpots and debris that could harbour snailsRaise patio containers on feet or bricks, to ensure their compost drains properlyAvoid walking on lawns covered with heavy frost, as you'll kill the grassProvide birds with fresh water

Spread a layer of manure or compost around roses and shrubsPrepare areas for laying new lawns in spring, digging over, weeding and enriching the soilBe on the look out for slugs and snails, which will attack emerging shoots of perennials

Slug bustersSlugs may have voracious appetites but they're fussy eaters too - and therein lies an answer to a slimy problem. The good news is that there are a selection of plants that slugs, and snails, will steer clear of.Slugs will avoid any