Resurrecting severely slug damaged Petunias

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    Excellent, very well done! :) It'll be blooming again in a matter of weeks (my resurrected Petunia now has one new flower open and two more about to open).
     
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      That is fantastic! You must be delighted to have saved your petunias. When I saw the title of your thread I thought, "Can't be as bad as my pot of sticks," but your photo gave me a little hope. It has paid off, and (hopefully) my coreopsis will bloom again like your petunias. Exactly as Verdun said - plants want to survive. I'm not sure where I can put it outside again without a repeat mauling though. Do you have any safe places for your petunias?
       
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      I've popped my Petunia plant into a west facing window.

      The remaining outdoor petunias are in baskets and a raised planter - I don't dare put them in flower beds any more due to slugs and snails.

      Good luck with your Coreopsis!
       
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      Thank you. That sounds a safe place, well as safe as anywhere can be. My slugs and snails are intrepid climbers and can scale any pots. Slug tape, coffee grounds and egg shells have not presented any challenge in the back garden. Once it has grown enough I might try the coreopsis in a pot in the front garden. That hasn't seemed to suffer quite as badly.
       
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      My planters have long-ish metal legs and I wrap slug tape around the legs just to be on the safe side. So far all is well.

      On the other hand, my hanging baskets have been got at by a few slugs and snails but I've now smeared vaseline onto the brackets in the hope of deterring them.
       
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      Brilliant. Never heard of using Vaseline before. Can't wait to try it on the coreopsis and see if that will do the trick!
       
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      I wouldn't put vaseline onto the plant if I were you .............. ;) ;)
       
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      :lunapic 130165696578242 5: There's an idea....Might make them slide off faster!
       
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      Down below is the latest photo to show what was a severely slug/snail damaged Petunia - it'll need its own room soon as it's growing so fast! :)

      It's going to need repotting (again) soon as the roots are once more starting to poke out of the holes at the bottom of the pot.

      Irmemac - how is the Coreopsis coming along?
       

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        Mad Hedger, your petunias looks lovely! You would never guess what it looked like so recently. Well done. My coreopsis is.... coming along... but progress is slow.
         

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        Thank you. I'm actually thinking of cutting back the Petunia soon as it's now starting to look rather too leggy - this should encourage even more growth and hopefully result in a more compact plant. I'll try taking some cuttings too.

        Keep at it with the Coreopsis, it's probably not as fast growing as Petunias.
         
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          The petunias, being annuals, will be faster than the coreopsis. It could flower this year but it will be superb next year Irmemac
           
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          Speaking of Petunias being annuals, presumably if one is grown as a a houseplant (therefore no frost damage) it will continue to grow year after year?
           
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          Thank you, I will look forward to it! It certainly is slow but steady, and looks healthy enough.
           
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