Perennials/bugs

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Expert: Tom Alonzo - 7/7/2009


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I have slugs and a greyish beetle with many legs that comes out at night and eats the leaves of my hosta and rocket perennials.  what can i do?

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Hi S. Garvey,
Thanx for your question.  Try Sluggo to end your problems with slugs and snails on your hostas.  Do you have a picture of the beetle and have you actually seen it eating the hostas?

http://www.pestproducts.com/sluggo.htm

I hope this helps.
Tom

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Tom Alonzo

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I have been a gardener for 20 years with perennials both growing from seed and from nurseries. I went through the Master Gardener Program from Kansas State University Cooperative Extension Service and I answered questions on the Hotline a few years ago for the Wyandotte County Kansas Extension Service. I have also lived in the Florida, California, Hawaii, Arizona, Texas, Kansas and Missouri and am experienced with a variety of climates, soils and weather conditions.

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I have been growing perennials for over 20 years now. I am self-taught mostly except for a master gardener class. I have experimented with all kinds of perennials including many that are not common to my area. I have read hundreds of books and grown hundreds of varieties of plants and hope to make it a business some day. I have become versed in botanical names and growing conditions and what I don't know off of the top of my head I can usually easily find in my vast array of research material and botanical and horticultural contacts. I especially enjoy experimenting with growing plants out of zone.

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