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No Name 17-06-2012 07:16 PM

Butternut disaster
 
Every single one of them has gone. :-(

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mogga 18-06-2012 10:45 AM

Butternut disaster
 
On 17 Jun 2012 18:16:55 GMT, wrote:

Every single one of them has gone. :-(


Was it the monster slugs?
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No Name 18-06-2012 11:41 AM

Butternut disaster
 
mogga wrote:
Every single one of them has gone. :-(

Was it the monster slugs?


Must have been. Probably trampled them.

No Name 18-06-2012 12:29 PM

Butternut disaster
 
Sacha wrote:
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.

Spider[_3_] 18-06-2012 12:51 PM

Butternut disaster
 
On 18/06/2012 12:29, wrote:
wrote:
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?

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

David Hill 18-06-2012 01:45 PM

Butternut disaster
 
On 18/06/2012 12:51, Spider wrote:
On 18/06/2012 12:29, wrote:
wrote:
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?



I wonder if they would treat it with an Ant Acid?
David



Spider[_3_] 18-06-2012 06:32 PM

Butternut disaster
 
On 18/06/2012 13:45, David Hill wrote:
On 18/06/2012 12:51, Spider wrote:
On 18/06/2012 12:29, wrote:
wrote:
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?



I wonder if they would treat it with an Ant Acid?
David





You'd have to catch the ant first!

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Spider[_3_] 18-06-2012 06:34 PM

Butternut disaster
 
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:
wrote:
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 :~)

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Spider[_3_] 18-06-2012 10:51 PM

Butternut disaster
 
On 18/06/2012 18:45, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-06-18 18:34:55 +0100, Spider said:

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:
wrote:
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 :~)


That makes me think of Winnie the Pooh floating along in the sky...!




:~). I wish my slugs would float along in the sky. I could get rid of
a lot on a windy day :~)). Poor old Winnie encountered bees, though.
Does rather serve him right for trying to steal their honey.

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay


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