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What is eating my Impatien flowers?

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annarie1

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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:37 pm   Post subject: What is eating my Impatien flowers?


Hi
my impatiens which i planted in the ground this year were doing good. Now today I see that the flowers have been eaten. We have a lot of small ants around the building.
Also they put in black mulch yesterday. Would there by anything in the mulch to cause this?? Help??




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flowerbudfall

Fresno, CA
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:50 pm   Post subject:


Check around for snails and slugs. They like to hide in the shade on the side of walls or on the underside of flowers or even on the ground.


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stratsmom

Southern Oregon
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:37 am   Post subject:


Check the bark mulch Rolling Eyes I'd never seen a slug in our climate until I bought a house with bark mulch landscaping Twisted Evil I think they like it because it's damp and shaded.

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