Slugs are attacking my garden! They have eaten 4 of my Salvia plants right down to the stalk overnight.?

I've looked on here for some tips on how to control slugs and will be putting them into practice today! But I was wondering, as the stalk and the roots are still there, will the plants ever grow their leaves and flowers back? I only planted them into our flower bed 2 weeks ago.

Slugs are attacking my garden! They have eaten 4 of my Salvia plants right down to the stalk overnight.?
if it's salvia greggii and you live in the south, it will come back for sure. our's is very hardy and somewhat aggressive; you can hack the crap out of it and it'll come back in a few days. As for slugs, I use this stuff called Sluggo--it's safe for pets and kids to be around and it works well.
Reply:not sure but bet them slugs are having a great time!!
Reply:hiya,the best way to deal with this is get some beer in some saucers,and place them about your flowers,they love the stuff,and they end up getting outaa there heads on it,nice way to go really, HOPE THIS HELPS..
Reply:I go to the local coffee shops for their used coffee beans, this is an excellent non-chemical deterrerent when you want to avoid pesticides.
Reply:Get the commercial slug-treatment granulate. It works best. There is envi-friendly stuff which is iron-based (has some 'ferro' in it).





As for your plants: It's pretty severe and it's likely they won't grow back. Get new plants and kill the slugs.
Reply:If they ate them down to the stalk overnight. It might not be slugs doing that. It could be rabbits, or deer Slugs eat leaves usually-
Reply:get a big handful of hot chilli's and full head of garlic


chop roughly


put into a big pot of water ...throw in a spoon or two of salt


boil until the water reduces to half


cool ...strain


spray on plants
Reply:If I were you I wouldnt go out in the dark! R U SURE ITS SLUGS !!





I dont think your plants will grow back. I use eggshells and salt to get rid of my slugs
Reply:cut a plastic bottle in half.





fill a quarter of the bottle with lager/beer..(anything will do even the cheapest of the cheap)





dig a hole near your plants and put the bottle in the hole.





The lager/beer will attrack snail/slugs so they will drop into the bottle.


(make sure the bottle is deep enough so the slugs can get out)





cheap and cheerful and it works
Reply:try standing up old cd's in the soil they keep em away..or slug repellent or bye a hedgehog as they eat them.....
Reply:Probably not - but leave them in for a while just in case.
Reply:Yes they will grow back. And good news they will most likely multiply from the cut stem. Where one flower was before chances are you'll get 2 or more off the original stem. Happy Growing
Reply:Sprinkle some salt in your garden and the slugs will disappear. The plants will grow back but I would add some miracle grow to help them recover quicker.
Reply:They hate copper.Try and get some copper wire, or cut offs from a plumber and scatter them about the plant beds.Broken egg shells work too.

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