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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: Mark's Sussex Allotment on May 22, 2013, 21:13

Title: Live and learn...... Dead Dahlia's
Post by: Mark's Sussex Allotment on May 22, 2013, 21:13

Evening all!

I have spent the last 3 months raising dahlias from seed. I was so proud of them and planted all 8 plants in to the ground last evening about this time.

I got home from work to nothing, not a sausage!

I thought at first it must of been some sort of elaborate wind up my wife was playing on me, until I looked really closly and just about saw what was left of the crown of the plant and all of the foliage was gone on all 8!!!!.

I hadn't seen a slug all year and then wham bam !

Game over

Title: Re: Live and learn...... Dead Dahlia's
Post by: angelavdavis on May 22, 2013, 21:18

Grrr, I must admit I put a sprinkle of the blue pellets of death down next to each of my plants I put out.  Sorry to hear of your loss......

Title: Re: Live and learn...... Dead Dahlia's
Post by: Mark's Sussex Allotment on May 23, 2013, 12:57

I have 2 dogs and a 2 year old, so it's diffucult....

I'll have to get the really expensive animal friendly ones....

Title: Re: Live and learn...... Dead Dahlia's
Post by: Sweetpea C on May 23, 2013, 14:02

How frustrating for you. What a shame  :(