It was doing so well im dissapointed but i cant see any snail damage at all and i have had a really good look. Its in the soil at the moment i planted it deep in the ground so hopfully will recover.
If it is wilt. Better to act sooner rather than later. I guess it's too out of the question to say drought? A couple of stems on my Kingfisher wilted, so I cut them to the base immediately. Happily flowering away now.
ill cut it back to ground tommorrow as much as it pains me to do it and ive read to water the ground with a copper based fungicide. Any recomendations on what to get
Likely to have been snails - look at the stems - you'll probably find patches where they've grazed the bark off too. Go out at night with a torch - they'll be in your clematis - pick them off and deal with them as you will - according to the BBC New this morning you have to throw them at least 65 yards (or was it metres) then they won't come back - anyhow, this might come in handy
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Slugs ate 2 of my clematus plants, luckily 1 is starting to recover. 2 other clematis plants havent been touched. Do they avoid certain types? one of the ones that hasnt been touched is in the same place as the ones that have been eaten. Maybe just luck so far.
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It was doing so well im dissapointed but i cant see any snail damage at all and i have had a really good look. Its in the soil at the moment i planted it deep in the ground so hopfully will recover.
If it is wilt. Better to act sooner rather than later. I guess it's too out of the question to say drought? A couple of stems on my Kingfisher wilted, so I cut them to the base immediately. Happily flowering away now.
ill cut it back to ground tommorrow as much as it pains me to do it and ive read to water the ground with a copper based fungicide. Any recomendations on what to get
My montana was growing at a remarkable speed I went out this morning and there is nothing growing at all no leaves . Is it slugs or snails
Likely to have been snails - look at the stems - you'll probably find patches where they've grazed the bark off too. Go out at night with a torch - they'll be in your clematis - pick them off and deal with them as you will - according to the BBC New this morning you have to throw them at least 65 yards (or was it metres) then they won't come back - anyhow, this might come in handy
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I had to compost a couple of lovely stems of Etolie Violette with buds yesterday - those little 'darlings' are the culprits
I am currently building one Dove....
65 feet. Trouble is - if your neighbour chucks 'em 65 feet in your direction, it just becomes a swap...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Slugs ate 2 of my clematus plants, luckily 1 is starting to recover. 2 other clematis plants havent been touched. Do they avoid certain types? one of the ones that hasnt been touched is in the same place as the ones that have been eaten. Maybe just luck so far.
Reading above I was hoping it was a case of aphids so I sprayed our Josie, then I discovered two snails embedded between the leaves and the fence.
most of the clematis is black looking and flowers shriveled, I hope it picks up.
surely all this damp weather isn't any good. ?