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What is eating my columbine? Slugs?? #319866 Jun 2nd, 2010 at 03:18 PM
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OP dandelion Member Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 30	I am so frustrated with this. All the leaves are missing so then I lose the plant. I can't see the damage on any of the neighboring plants. Any ideas?

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Re: What is eating my columbine? Slugs?? dandelion #319873 Jun 2nd, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,494 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada Sunflowers Northern Star
Sunflowers Northern Star Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,494 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada	I am going through the same thing right now...mine is weevils doing the damage...only my columbines have been eaten, nothing else. ~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.

Re: What is eating my columbine? Slugs?? Sunflowers #319897 Jun 3rd, 2010 at 05:46 AM
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plants 'n pots Purl One Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 31,597 NY	I always get leaf miners on my Columbines each year. According to Wikipedia they are: Quote Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies (Symphyta) and flies (Diptera), though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior. Leaf miner infection can be reduced or prevented by planting trap crops near the plants to be protected. For example, lambsquarter, columbine, and velvetleaf will distract leaf miners, drawing them to those plants and therefore reducing the incidence of attack on nearby crops. This is a method of companion planting. I've read that the best way to get rid of it on Columbine is to either cut off the leaves - it gets on ALL my plant leaves! Or throw the plant out - not gonna do that! Good luck with your plants - I keep mine because I like the flowers so much.

Re: What is eating my columbine? Slugs?? plants 'n pots #319915 Jun 3rd, 2010 at 07:27 AM
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Sunflowers Northern Star Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,494 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada	Mine keep blooming without the leaves, some years if it's gets bad enough..I just cut the plant down to the base..it always regrows Mine get eaten by 'silvered leaf weevils'. ~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.

Re: What is eating my columbine? Slugs?? Sunflowers #319966 Jun 3rd, 2010 at 03:55 PM
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OP dandelion Member Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 30	Thanks for all your help. Have any of you tried any kind of bug spray?

Re: What is eating my columbine? Slugs?? dandelion #319969 Jun 3rd, 2010 at 04:14 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,494 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada Sunflowers Northern Star
Sunflowers Northern Star Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 30,494 Likes: 61 Atlantic Canada	Absolutely nothing works for me for the weevils..not even the poison spray. ~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.

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