Something's eating my Potato Vines!
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T Vaughn
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These are the two planters next to the stairs to my front door. Something has ate holes all in the lime green potato vine I've got planted. I was wondering what you all would suggest I should have sprayed on it to keep this from happening?
At one time I had more Impatiens planted in them both but they didn't do so well for me this year. Maybe next year, because I do love how colorful they can be.
At one time I had more Impatiens planted in them both but they didn't do so well for me this year. Maybe next year, because I do love how colorful they can be.
In this photo, you can really see the holes something ate in the vine.
15 answers
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T Vaughn, it is probably slug holes damage, if this is the case leave a shallow dish of beer out in the part of your garden where you are having a slug problem. The next morning, you will awake to a dish filled with dead slugs.
Luis
on Aug 23, 2013
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Thank you Luis, It probably is slugs because I was having a lot of problems with them damaging my hostas and had to buy something to sprinkle on the soil. We have a lot of woods all around our house so it will be a constant battle with them I'm afraid.
T Vaughn
on Aug 23, 2013
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You are welcome jus get them drunk and they will go away LOL
Luis
on Aug 23, 2013
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T Vaughn, for your hostas, you might try diatomaceous earth. You'll have to have reapply after it rains, but it's otherwise very effective.
Douglas Hunt
on Aug 23, 2013
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Thanks Douglas, I'll have to try that also, and it's probably cheaper than the slug stuff I bought.
T Vaughn
on Aug 23, 2013
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Epsom salt is also helpful sprinkled around the base of the hosta. Slugs melt from salt
Vicki Ridgeway
on Aug 23, 2013
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Will Epsom Salts have an impact on the ph balance in the soil? I would like to try using it but need to know if I should add anything else to keep a good balance.
Beth King
on Aug 25, 2013
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I found a little green caterpillar on my potato vine yesterday. I think it's a cabbage loper?
Lauren
on Aug 25, 2013
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DON'T SPRAY, bugs gotta eat too! www.glenviewgardeners.org
Judith O
on Aug 25, 2013
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Could be beetles. I have trouble with them this year. A different beetle then I have ever seen before. Sevin dust can help.
Dianne Staples
on Aug 25, 2013
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my potato vine has suffered just like this--holes all over the place
GeeJudy
on Aug 26, 2013
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Thanks for the brain jolt...lol, @T. Vaughn I never thought about slugs being the culprit responsible for the holes in my hosta leaves.
LouAnn Edel
on Aug 27, 2013
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@Dianne Staples Your beetles could be Japanese Beetles. My strawberries and grape leaves are being attacked by them this year. Never seen them before. The sevin dust was recommended also planting 4 o'clocks in another area of the yard. They love the flowers but they are poison to them.
LouAnn Edel
on Aug 27, 2013
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It's a potato worm, I had two of them on my vine and in one night they ate the whole plant!!!!! KILL KILL KILL
Debbie Sigle
on Aug 30, 2013
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look very carefully in the plant and you will see them, they r the same color as the lime green leaf
Debbie Sigle
on Aug 30, 2013
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