[sianb]

Hi evertone
 my pumpkin,s keep flowering and when i check on them the next day. The stem seem,s to be cut with no sign of the flower any idea,s as what might be eating them.

Thankyou in advance.

Sian

[fivespud364]

Hi There you have the dreaded slug or snail attack im afraid they are causing us no end of problems i am going for all out war next week with nematodes and slug pellets and chris who lives at the nursery and owns it is collecting them late at night and dropping them in Salt water as we are getting very serious amounts of damage after three weeks of wet weather down here in cornwall

[sianb]

Thank,s fivespuds how do you use nemetodes.

Sian

[fivespud364]

i have not actually used them before but i believe you water them on and they work on the ones under the soil

[DD.]

Here's the advertising blurb...

http://www.greengardener.co.uk/slug.htm

Not cheap - would cost me well over £100 to treat all my area.

[vineweevil1]

I seem to have this problem also.  Does it matter that the flower has been eaten overnight?  Is it likely that it has been polinated during the day?

[sianb]

Thankyou all for your help, guess i,ll be out with the torch tonight

Sian

[agapanthus]

You could always try 'advanced' slug bait....supposed to be organic.