Re: Chinese ginger - Yo Kitty!

Well, Kitty, I would be *very* happy to trade slugs with you because
the ones in my garden think Asarum are candy - well most of the
species.  They don't even let some of them leaf out; just gnaw the
buds down to a nubbin:-(  A. splendens is one of the few that seem
able to withstand the onslaught...a couple of small holes, but
nothing like what happens to the smaller species.  You would think
that the thick leaves would discourage slugs, but it does not - at
least in my garden.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> Marge,
> Your experiences with these gingers is more extensive than mine and
your
> reports similar but not quite the same.  The one thing I really
noticed was
> that last line about the slugs.  I definitely have slugs here, but
I've
> never seen a single slug hole on any of my gingers, so I went out,
just now,
> and checked.  On my 9 yr old 3x2ft clump (half was removed a few
yrs ago -
> originally was 3 tiny plants) of A. europaeum there is one hole on
one leaf.
> On the 4 plants of A. splendens there are about 6 holes on one
leaf, nothing
> on any of the others.  And my single plant of A. shuttleworthii
hasn't a
> mark on it.  I had always thought the leaves of these plants were
to thick
> for the slugs to bother with.

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