[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

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

[angelavdavis]

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......

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

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

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

[Sweetpea C]

How frustrating for you. What a shame