first.... get a flashlight and go outside after dark.. and find out what your slug population is ... NEVER treat a problem before you ID the problem ..

if you dont see anything during daylight.. there is only one other time to look ....

i highly doubt its roly poly damage ... but others ... pill bug... will say otherwise ...

now that the integrity of the stalk is broken.. i am sure you will find slugs ...

try the FAQ's or the search function for solutions ... i prefer 10% vinegar or ammonia ...

ken

Let me know what you find, Paul, 'cause I got it too! I have always assumed it was slugs, but would love to know for sure!

cut worms? is my guess from the first pic the second one not really sure??? slugs would probably attact the leaves first how do they look?

if chris is around he would know for sure - and the best treatment

Thanks Ken - slugs it is - 3 or 4 on each plant that I checked - I used 10% ammonia and sprayed tonight.

Normally I would spray the ground around the plants during the day. What have others found works best - stems at night or area spraying during day or ..... I'd like to hear.

Paul

Oh yeah - forgot to add - very little sign of holes on leaves themselves. Slugs appear to be content with the petioles on the Honeybells.

Paul

Gotta go buy more slug stuff....

Thanks Paul. Guess I better go get some more slug bait too. AND spray.

some have suggested that the fragrant hosta.. have more sugars.. and therefore attract more pests ... i have no clue ...

slugs do not necessarily leave the plant during the day ... they just crawl under the canopy and hang out in the petiole at ground level ... let the spray drip all the way down the petiole ... they are probably napping down there .. eating in their dreams ... lol ...

i used to use bait ... dumping it all around the crown ... pre-kid days ... then one night... happened to turn around and look at the lawn-garden interface ... and the vermin were crawling out of the grass and heading for the hosta.. then i went to the fence. and found them crawling out of the neighbors yard toward the hosta ...

that is when i figured out.. that PUTTING BAIT ON OR AT YOUR PLANTS.. MIGHT ACTUALLY BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE .... same with jap beetle traps ...

lure the predator away .. and then kill the stragglers with a spray ....

good luck

ken

keep in mind the bait can be poisionous to pets - and humans

be careful

Sluggo works. Doesn't harm pets.