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Pest of the Year- Horticultural ones- what has driven you to distraction?

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  • LastboatLastboat Posts: 61
    Cat poo, molluscs and bindweed!!! Grrrrr...
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Little black cat that comes to my garden to kill birds.
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Ooh if I knew it was allowed, I would have said the neighbours cooking fat too...
    Does Hosta get a quid? I didn't say that either. :|
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  • ju1i3ju1i3 Posts: 189
    slugs and snails - soul destroying when they eat a tray of seedlings you've worked so hard to get to that point
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    It's the things you can't control that drive you to despair, isn't it. I always battle slugs but this year has been the worst and most soul-destroying I have ever known. First the Beast from the East killed off a good many of my plants but then the drought, which was very severe here, decimated the garden. I have spent all summer watching things fail and die. Never ever felt so defeated!
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    @Posy, I always think of you whenever slugs are mentioned on the forum. Had hoped this season wouldn't be as bad for you. 😟

    @diana 1. My method of quarantine is to keep new plants in a separate area for a bit before I plant them out in the garden. I usually buy smaller (cheaper😉) specimens in 9cm pots, so they are potted on to bulk up a bit first anyway. Possible pest problems would soon be spotted if they appear, the shelf is near the back door.
    Touch wood, I've had no horrors so far👍.
  • tessagardenbarmytessagardenbarmy Posts: 346
    Slugs and snails knocked back a lot because of the hot dry conditions. 
    Black  fly have been a pain but otherwise  ok. On allotment  have to net a lot of crops because  of pigeons pecking.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    That's kind, Kitty. I'm getting on top of the slugs, I think! And rain has come at last. Still need a good week of it.
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Posy. Your 'body count' from the 2016/17 seasons, nightly collection buckets being in triple figures, would make anyone despair.
    I'm crossing my fingers that the heatwave has slowed down their reproduction rate for you.
    It would be great news to hear that the bucket contained less than 100 slugs next year. 
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