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Janet · 15-02-2014, 01:07 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article , lid
says...

On 15/02/2014 11:46, Janet wrote:
In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

Yesterday I found one daff blown down by the gales; I'm surprised the
rest are all still standing: and as always it had been chewed to bits by
slugs, it got me wondering why the slugs don't climb the daff stems and
have the rest of the flowers,
What is it on daff stems that puts off the slugs?

Well, you have to consider if the energy output would exceeed the
calorific gain. A full grown slug is only half an inch high; and a
large-cup daffodil may be forty times higher.

That may be true, but IME slugs don't tend to climb very much

hah, yours must be weaklings. Ours can slime up walls and glass to the
top of the downstairs windows.

and snails
do. And they are carrying a lot more weight on their backs!

I very rarely see snails here and only those tiny stripy ones. AFAIK,
those big brown mottled ones don't survive in acidic conditions, not
enough calcium to grow the shell.

Janet