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Post by Barbara on May 27, 2007 11:21:18 GMT
oliver and emily had 24 sunflower seedlings yesterday.
today none, those bl**dy slugs and snails ate the lot.
em is really upset, we will have to start again i suppose.
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Post by andy on May 27, 2007 13:31:37 GMT
Noooooooo....it's absolutely devastating to put so much work into growing something only for it to become slug food overnight. Been there myself if it's any consolation  |
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Post by Chuckles on May 28, 2007 23:21:35 GMT
So sorry to hear about the sunflowers seedlings becoming snail fodder  I noticed some had been sliming around mine so gave them some pellets to chew on ;D |
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Post by magrich on Jun 3, 2007 13:07:48 GMT
I am sure I have heard 'somewhere' that if you boil garlic and then spray the water you boiled it in slugs DON'T LIKE IT !!! Haven't tried it yet , but will because mine are not put off by copper bands.
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Post by Shrubrose on Jun 17, 2007 22:15:04 GMT
My experience is that far from being repelled by garlic, slugs love it. I put a heavily garlic flavoured left over macaroni cheese out for our 'night visitors' only to find it absolutely covered, and I mean covered, in slugs.
Shrub.
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Post by Barbara on Jun 18, 2007 14:23:12 GMT
yep they eat garlic bread as well.
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Post by grannyjanny on Jun 18, 2007 20:08:20 GMT
Can someone please explain to me why the sunflower seeds that we lovingly sow & nurture are slug grub but the ones the birds drop are left alone & thrive.
Janet.
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Post by jean on Jun 18, 2007 21:31:04 GMT
Had the same problem with Verbena bonariensis, tried and tried and in the end just chucked the seeds out over the garden in frustration. Now I've got plenty that self seed and can take cuttings from - I think we just try too hard sometimes  |
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Post by Barbara on Jun 19, 2007 18:18:51 GMT
may be nature wants them some-where other than where we want them  |
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I noticed some had been sliming around mine so gave them some pellets to chew on ;D
