What's more annoying?

a) slugs eat the seedlings that you've nurtured until they are ready to go out into the world

b) slugs eat a plant that you've bought and paid for

A close run thing but I'd go for b. You can always sow some more seeds if you're an optimist

 

Please can we include snails? I am very annoyed that baby snails have munched away nearly all of my semponium Destiny. I am really surprised that they would eat something that is a cross between an aeonium and a sempervivum. They have certainly never touched my sempervivums (touch wood, cross everything) in about 10 years that I have been growing them.

 

Snails are the problem here, I cant walk down the path after dark without a crunch at every step, they love Aeoniums @katecat58 , but agree, dont do much if any damage to Sempervivums.

I cant differentiate between A and B, TBH, I just hate the things.
Yes you can sow more seeds but often things are just getting too late by then, veg wise.

 

Shame there isn't an empathy or sympathy rating @shiney

 

Thanks @pete, it must be the Aeonium part they like - I've never grown them as I have nowhere to keep them during winter - one of my cats tends to nibble at any indoor plants, and usually throws up afterwards.

 

We went out and culled one night a few weeks back, so our damage is not quite as bad. Still we have lost the top off a couple of plants, one of which was over 1m in height. I'm just hoping for some dry weather and recovery we got last year on almost every plant!