By Honeybunch
United Kingdom 
Hi
I hope someone can help me please. My dianthus, which was looking stunning, has something stripping the stems and I would like to know what it is. I have looked under and there is nothing to alert me and no obvious things on the plant except a few aphids which I thought sucked the sap rather than stripped the stems?
Thanks
Heather
24 Jun, 2013
Answers
reckon its slugs etc too. they are good at hiding under stones/bark in fact any nook or cranny.
24 Jun, 2013
And that damage is typical of the way they rasp the surface off plant stems
24 Jun, 2013
Hi
Thank you all so much I was under the impression slugs did not like dianthus but underneath there are some small yellow slugs who must be the culprits.
Thanks Heather
24 Jun, 2013
Previous question
Could be snail or slug damage.
24 Jun, 2013