Something is Eating my Morning Glory Plants..

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melvatoo Denton, TX(Zone 7a) Mar 28, 2004

I don't see anything on them what could it be?

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Brugie Chariton, IA(Zone 5b) Mar 28, 2004

My guess would be that you have a worm that may be coming out of the soil at night to munch. Hope I'm wrong. They are hard to catch.

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Gourd Mesilla Park, NM Mar 29, 2004

Also, some roly poly's have been muching on some of my stuff. I did not know they could do so much damage.

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springsong Brundidge, AL(Zone 8b) Mar 29, 2004

will nem oil kill it if it is in the dirt?

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Brugie Chariton, IA(Zone 5b) Mar 29, 2004

I've never used neem, so I can't say. Maybe Gourd knows. I didn't know roly poly's would do much damage either. Normally I will use a BT product for worms. Something like Knock out Gnats or Gnatrol works in the soil for larvae. There used to be a product called BT that you mix with water and spray foliage. I don't know if it is still available, but I'm going to do a search and will come back if I find anything.

BT is marketed under the names of Dipel and Thuricide. Possibly other names as well.

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springsong Brundidge, AL(Zone 8b) Mar 29, 2004

melva check in the soil for snails Mine looked like this and i just repotted all of them and there was snails in the soil hiding!!

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melvatoo Denton, TX(Zone 7a) Mar 29, 2004

I do have Slugs...I guess they can be coming out at night to eat things...I moved them into the little greenhouse that I have on the patio, it will harder for them to get in there (I hope)

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ecobioangie Mableton, GA(Zone 7b) Mar 29, 2004

Check up under the pots and under the rims and stuff too. They hunt by the light of the moon the little boogers! :P

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PudgyMudpies Stockton, CA(Zone 9a) Mar 30, 2004

Put a strand of copper wire around your pot rim, a snail or slug cannot cross over because the copper causes some kind of chemical reaction with their slime & they don't like it.
I do this around the trunks of my brugs & abutilons too.
I also discovered that some ammonia water in a spray bottle works better then salt. I go out at night and just spray the little buggers & if a bit of spray gets on my plants, it does not harm it.
Hope that helps,
Donna

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