{"id":107986,"date":"2019-06-11T20:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-do-slugs-and-snails-eat-pricey-plants-rather-than-weeds-in-my-garden\/"},"modified":"2019-06-11T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:06:16","slug":"why-do-slugs-and-snails-eat-pricey-plants-rather-than-weeds-in-my-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-do-slugs-and-snails-eat-pricey-plants-rather-than-weeds-in-my-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do slugs and snails eat pricey plants rather than weeds in my garden?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe long-running series in which readers answer other readers\u2019 questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific conceptsWhy don\u2019t slugs and snails eat the weeds in the garden? Why do they go for the more expensive plants? How do they know?David Withey, Malvern, Worcs Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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