Munched Daff Buds??

Hi Everyone

Could anyone tell me if I need to dig up and discard daffodil bulbs that are producing buds that are being eaten as they are shooting up (cannot find any bugs around ).

Thanks Kev

:confused:

 

Blackbirds or possibly rabbits!!

 

Could it be SLUGS

 

Thanks for replies and under closer observstion

(Thanks Pete2255)i have discovered slug slime in

the remains of one of the munched buds , not

sure if they will flower next year though and

does anyone know a good child friendly method of

dealing with the slugs.

cheers Kev :D

 

Yeah Kev
Go out after dark with a torch (dont worry about the neighbours thinking you've gone mad) and hit the b------s with a brick or similar.

 

Thanks for the tip but the A+E dept were not very sympathetic towards my squashed fingers when i told them what i was doing with a Breeze Block in the garden in the middle of the night by candle light. (only joking!!)

Cheers Kev
:D :D :D :D

 

Hi Kev H
Here is a tip for you.
Just keep any egg shells from eggs that you've used. Let them dry out, crumble the shells and sprinkle the shells around the daffodils. The snails like to eat these. the sharp edges will cut their bellies.

 

Thank you Lea for your tip I will put it into practice next year and hopefully not have to resort to the heavy handed tacticts.

Cheers

Kev H

 

You can buy a slug trap that catches them. HDRA sell them. Or you could try the older method of sinking a jar into the ground nearby, half filling it with beer & then scooping out the slimy drowned slugs each morning.

 

Thanks Liz this certainly seems the most child and slug friendly (even though the slugs die!)
but does seem a waste of good booze!!

Thanks Kev