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Old 25-06-2006, 07:28 PM posted to rec.gardens.organic,rec.gardens,alt.home.lawn.garden
Mike C#
 
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Default Vincae getting eaten?

Hi all,

I have a little problem in my little flower garden. I have 5 - 6 different
types of flowers in it including Impatiens, New Zealand Impatiens, Begonias
and Vincae(sp?). Everything seems to be doing well, except the Vincae...
The leaves are being *eaten* by something. I'm seeing large chunks and
holes taken out of them. Also some of the petals are being eaten, and
others are popped off at the stem as if they were either sliced off or
ejected off by the plant itself(!?) None of the other flowers are being
affected...

The only info I found about vinca-eating insects are aphids, but even they
don't appear to eat large chunks of the leaves and petals? Or do they? I
also saw a large ant crawling on one of the dropped petals. Is it possible
that the ants are eating up these plants? If so, any idea why they wouldn't
attack the others? And what can I do about them?

Thanks