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botanybabe

Lakeside Looking Glass

18 years ago

Today I was looking closely at my Lakeside Looking Glass. It's still a small plant with only two crowns and I was congratulating myself on having coaxed it through the winter. A the same time I wondered to myself why it is such a slug magnet. (Have you noticed that slugs seem to like the thick, rubbery leaves more than others?)

Anyway, as I was about to go look for some Escar-Go to get rid of slugs, I noticed the unmistakable stippling of the HVX virus on one of the leaves. After having had a very difficult week, one of those weeks where more than I ever thought could go wrong, did go wrong, this was the icing on the big, cow crap cake. Did I mention I saved my pennies a long time to buy this thing?

Now I'm off to destroy it, sterilize my tools, and hit the tequila. Anybody got a lime?

Lainey

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