ate the very top bit of a dahlia shoot that just poked through the ground, will the shoot survive and put out leaves? Two days ago I noticed that two shoots (two different tubers) had finally poked out of the soil in my container of dwarf dahlias I had planted a few weeks' ago. Then this morning I noticed only one tip. Upon closer inspection, I saw a teeny little devil slug crawling around. Got rid of it, and then poked around til I saw that the shoot was there, but the top nibbled off. Panic! Now what? Grrrr.... I had already applied sluggo but now there is a LOT more there.