what is eating this hosta?

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rubia16 Saint Cloud, MN May 30, 2009

The other two right beside it are fine? What happened to this guy? And more importantly, what can I do about it? I have a lot of hostas.

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 30, 2009

Could be slugs or snails, they love hostas. Sluggo is one thing that you can use for them, probably other brands too but make sure you check that the active ingredient is iron phosphate not metaldehyde (metaldehyde is very toxic to pets, iron phosphate is much safer for everyone but the slugs)

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rubia16 Saint Cloud, MN May 30, 2009

Oh no! That's what I was afraid of. I read one slug can have 400 offspring by season's end. I guess sluggo is going on the grocery list!

Thank you again

PS How come they are only eating this guy and not the others?

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) May 31, 2009

Who knows! LOL I'm sure they'll get to the others eventually if you don't do something about them.

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Jun 01, 2009

They don't like travelling over anything 'pokey" so you can put something with sharp edges around your hostas.

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