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The Summer of doom
Thanks for the support - I was just having a bit of a bad garden day.
Despite the weevils and flatworms there seems no obvious damage (yet). Thanks also for the tip about the eggs - I chucked the remains in the bin today. It was obviously a very stupid flatworm because I only noticed it when moving an outside plastic doormat on the patio. It had trapped itself in one of the small holes. I have very dry soil so maybe it was alone. "Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... The message from "hedgehog" contains these words: and NOW what I'm 90% sure is the second New Zealand flatworm of the year. I snipped it in half yesterday and it still curls up in a most revolting manner - yuk. You need to do more than that, to destroy their quite-large eggs inside. I grind them underfoot on concrete until it's just a smear :-(. Next, you need to hunt down its friends and family, under pots, plastic sacks, stacked turves etc..anywhere cool and dark on the soil surface. I discovered NZF here last spring and during The Purge killed dozens more. I haven't seen any at all for several months and the earthworm population is booming. Don't worry about a few setbacks, all gardening is full of them, and has taught me to be the patient calm and equable person I am (ducks and runs) Janet |
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