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Lobelia cardinalis in a pot

peteSpeteS Posts: 966
in Problem solving
Has anybody tried growing Lobelia cardinalis in a pot. I've grown it in the soil, but I always find myself fighting a losing battle with the slugs and snails, they just ravage it.

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    They'll get into pots too if you don't take precautions.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Stand it in a saucer of water.
  • Daisy33Daisy33 Posts: 1,031
    Grew some from seed and left them in pots for 2 years. Planted them into the garden last year and they were beautiful. Haven't reappeared so Easterly or slimy beasts have got them.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They don’t over winter for me either, I used to dig them up and bring them in, don’t bother now, I can do without the extra work. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Victoria SpongeVictoria Sponge Posts: 3,502
    I've got Queen Victoria in a large plastic pot, has been potted for a couple of years as it used to get stripped in the garden. I find it doesn't need as much watering as I would have thought, at the moment it's getting soapy waste water every few days.

    I've had Bees Flame in the ground for a few years and that has never been touched as far as I noticed.
    Wearside, England.
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