July 2024 in the northern hemisphere

[ruweiss]

Since this year we had no problems with slug damage at Campanula latifolia in
our meadow garden. Our friends warned us, but there was nothing at all in the
past years. Today we were shocked to see this plant after such an attack.
The photos show the same plant in full flower last month and the sad rest today.
We cannot remember such a wet season until now and are glad, that trees, shrubs
and especially conifers could recover from the dryness of the past years. It seems,
that snails and slugs also have a nice time.

[Jeffnz]

If the environment is o thier liking they will proliferate. May be application oif a slug bait maybe required, although this will not reverse damage that has alerady occurred.

[MarcR]

Since this year we had no problems with slug damage at Campanula latifolia in
our meadow garden. Our friends warned us, but there was nothing at all in the
past years. Today we were shocked to see this plant after such an attack.
The photos show the same plant in full flower last month and the sad rest today.
We cannot remember such a wet season until now and are glad, that trees, shrubs
and especially conifers could recover from the dryness of the past years. It seems,
that snails and slugs also have a nice time.

ruweiss,

Here, in Oregon, I am also experiencing a total absence of slugs and snails.
We had a very warm end of January [>80 F    >27 C] followed by snow in February and  a hard freeze in March  [<20 F   <-7  C]
Unfortunately the mollusks were not the only things killed.
 

[Véronique Macrelle]

the slugs have done a lot of damage here too, but they've left the Campanula trachelium, and attacked many other more delicate things like the leaves of my Arisaema for example, or all the flower stems of my iris formosana. i've never been able to see the flowers of this iris although it's well developed. it rains every 2 days on average, and slugs and snails have ideal weather!
 I've heard that when they sow rapeseed, they prefer to eat the seedlings... but I haven't tried that yet.
2 new plants for me:
[Campanula pyramidalis[/i], 170 cm
[Strobilanthes atropurpurea[/i] or atenuatta.
and the fascinating giant sticks of Woodwardia ungemmata.

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