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Lupins failing

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  • 30-05-2016 4:45pm
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    bluestone
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭


    Hi does anyone know whats happening these. one looks half eaten & the other is curling up & has slime on it. is it slugs? I didn't notice anything like this last year.


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    hiujn
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭hiujn


    Looks like slugs alright.You should put some coffee grounds around the base or some slug pellets whichever you prefare.


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    marask
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭marask


    Slugs, happened to mine last year. Gave up on lupins, slugs are to much for certain plants. And they love lupins.


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    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,647 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Every time I've ever tried to grow lupins, they were devoured by slugs. A losing battle, I too have quit on lupins.


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    bluestone
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭bluestone


    the slug pellets are out! this is the 3rd year I have had them in the ground & only now they seem to be attacking them. do they only go for the more mature version?


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    johnington
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭johnington


    Looks like slug damage alright. Also beware of greenfly. I've just had 14 big healthy lupin plants decimated by them. Swarmed all over the stems and underside of the leaves. Proactively spray them with a deterrent before it happens. I hear a garlic spray is supposed to work.


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    bluestone
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭bluestone


    I put out blue pellets & there was about 11 snails around the lupins the next day & one slug. its hardly the snails is it, also would greenfly leave the slime?


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    Mr Topic
    Site Banned Posts: 6 ✭Mr Topic


    bluestone wrote: »
    Hi does anyone know whats happening these. one looks half eaten & the other is curling up & has slime on it. is it slugs? I didn't notice anything like this last year.

    Have you, a family member or a pet been utinating on them perhaps?


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Rabbits absolutely devour mine. Id good healthy plants transplanted into the ground. Rabbits annihilated them. I've none left :(


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