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Delphiniums

Maria.grimshawMaria.grimshaw Posts: 3
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Should my delphiniums be up by now? 

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes definitely,  they may have been slug chewed as soon as they poked their shoots up.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Maria.grimshawMaria.grimshaw Posts: 3
    Thank you, I will check tomorrow! 
  • CrazybeeladyCrazybeelady Posts: 778
    Mine was being eaten so I put a slug collar round the base and now it is happy and I think there's even a flower bud forming.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Slugs love them so much that they'll eat the stem well down into the soil, leaving just a hole!
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I surrounded mine with a copper mesh strip and a circle of H. grit, so far, they look okay.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Maria.grimshawMaria.grimshaw Posts: 3
    Thank you for the info.
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