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Hi there,
Wonder if you can help - I have a small plot and after a successful opening year, this year has been a bit of a disaster.
I have had issues with four crops - peas, potatoes (main crop), broad beans and beetroot.
For the peas, I had a few visits from the countryside mice, whom managed to munch their way through most of them.
For the beetroot - something has eaten them all - leaves look perfect, but each one has what looks like a huge bite taken out of the globe root.
For the potatoes - four fifths of the crop have been eaten - pounds and pounds of heart-breaking halves of potatoes as I pulled them up on the weekend.
For the broad beans - each pod looks as though something has taken a big bite out of them, and this in turn has made each pod go black in the middle.
So any thoughts on what this might be? I know the mice and the peas, but would/could they also be responsible for the other issues?
Thoughts greatly accepted!
Cheers
Lee
Wonder if you can help - I have a small plot and after a successful opening year, this year has been a bit of a disaster.
I have had issues with four crops - peas, potatoes (main crop), broad beans and beetroot.
For the peas, I had a few visits from the countryside mice, whom managed to munch their way through most of them.
For the beetroot - something has eaten them all - leaves look perfect, but each one has what looks like a huge bite taken out of the globe root.
For the potatoes - four fifths of the crop have been eaten - pounds and pounds of heart-breaking halves of potatoes as I pulled them up on the weekend.
For the broad beans - each pod looks as though something has taken a big bite out of them, and this in turn has made each pod go black in the middle.
So any thoughts on what this might be? I know the mice and the peas, but would/could they also be responsible for the other issues?
Thoughts greatly accepted!
Cheers
Lee
Eaten my young broccoli and sprout plants this year even though I had mesh over them to keep the flying version away. They love potatoes but haven't found mine ye though.. Beetroot is a tasty snack to them. They don't like mooli, but its all went to seed anyway.
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