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I am sure this is a pretty simple question for those in the know, but it is my first year with brassicas and I want to know what is doing this damage? I this slugs/snails or caterpillars, or something else? Thanks in advance.
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Birds,thats why most peeps net them,some had a go at my lettuce and peas,lesson learned,it was only the light green lettuce,sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these
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Pigeons love brassicas so if I was you I'd net them.Location....East Midlands.Comment
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Slugs, snails or pigeons. Clue = the damage is round the edge of the leaves. Caterpillars tend to eat from where they hatch, making holes in the middle of the leaves.Comment
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pigeons me thinks, had exactly the same damage on mine so have netted them now.
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Thanks peeps - I knew pigeons were a problem but didn't realise that was how the damage looked. We certainly have plenty in our garden so I will net them today.Comment
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I'd net mine too if I could catch the buggers.Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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No, usually they just leave the ribs behind, no leaves at all. Bladdy things. I blame oilseed rape: it's supporting vast numbers of woodpigeonsOriginally posted by ourarka View PostAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.Comment
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Perhaps we should eat more of them? They go nice with cabbage.While wearing your night clothes, plant cucumbers on the 1st May before the sun comes up, and they will not be attacked by bugs.Comment
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