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Will my asters survive?

josine2302josine2302 Posts: 68
in Problem solving
Last year I planted three lovely healthy asters. The new growth keeps being eaten by slugs. I thought maybe, that it would be better to buy new plants. But now I think they are surviving, because I see some new healthy looking leaves. What do you think? If they don’t come up, I have a big empty hole in my garden..

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  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Which type of asters are you growing please josine?

    I may be wrong, but the small plants in your photos look very similar to my 'phlox paniculata'. They were also suffering as every new shoot became a slug buffet.
     I've potted mine up and am growing them on top of a garden table until they bulk up a bit.
  • josine2302josine2302 Posts: 68
    Kitty 2 said:
    Which type of asters are you growing please josine?

    I may be wrong, but the small plants in your photos look very similar to my 'phlox paniculata'. They were also suffering as every new shoot became a slug buffet.
     I've potted mine up and am growing them on top of a garden table until they bulk up a bit.
    Hi Kitty, it is Aster Domosus ‘Herbstpurzel’.  https://www.vasteplant.be/catalog/index.cfm?fuseaction=DETAIL&TREFNAAM=ASHPUR
    I planted them last year, in june. They are quite small asters, only 40 cm’s high. That is good advice, potting them up. I am going to try that!
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    edited June 2018
    I grow several michaelmas daisies and one of them seems to suffer from slugs early in the growing season, but it recovers, and the slugs don't seem to like the mature growth. So I would leave them alone.
  • Rebecca110Rebecca110 Posts: 1,485
    Pot them would be the best advice.
  • josine2302josine2302 Posts: 68
    Thank you for your advice. 
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