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Old 18-06-2012, 06:34 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 18/06/2012 14:18, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-06-18 12:51:38 +0100, Spider said:

On 18/06/2012 12:29, wrote:
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Every single one of them has gone. :-(
Was it the monster slugs?
Must have been. Probably trampled them.

Gone as in pinched?!

No, gone as in munched through by slugs (probably the ones to be caught
in beer traps rather than bear traps) and/or destroyed by the wind.



Do slugs get wind?

Well, yours appear to have parachutes!! ;-)



One way to avoid a bear trap, I suppose :~)

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