"Tumbleweed" wrote in message
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Symptoms ; Leaves often completely eaten leaving just a stalk, some stalks
nearly eaten through all the way round so they hang down. No slug/snail
trails, and slug pellets on ground but no dead slugs or even mucus in
evidence.

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Tumbleweed

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I have experienced a similar problem with my clematis armandii. I often see
ants on this plant. Could this be the cause of the problem?

Les