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Do slugs eat Cyclamen?

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Have recently planted some cyclamen, and would like to know if they are at risk of being eaten by slugs and snails.


On plant Cyclamen hederifolium


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Hi Maverick, Welcome to GOY, short answer, yes they do.
Put some soot round the cyclamen.

18 Oct, 2008

 

as it goes i believe in not fighting whats in ya garden or putting any chemicals etc.its a bit trial and error and i have lost a few plants but what i do now is bye plants that slugs and snails live in harmoney with.i got loads of pictures on here of my garden.i hope ive helped.bye for now

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HDzkm06Ar0s

18 Oct, 2008

 

ow and i do lots of research on whatever i do to.its free why not

18 Oct, 2008

 

We have a very large number of cyclamen of various kinds, self seeding even into the lawn. I cannot say that I have ever seen much damage from snails etc on them. Perhaps a few nibbled leaf edges, but nothing like the damage done to Hostas say. Now if you had asked about vine weevils and cyclamen.....................shudder.

19 Oct, 2008

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