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  • #1

    Help me catch the critter!

    Hi again,

    Last weekend I planeted out some Kohl Rabi, which have been settling in nicely. Then this morning I planted out some savoys and a couple of cauliflowers (both about 3/4 inches tall).

    Now this afternoon I went to water some stuff and the savoys and cauli's leaves have been eaten (with a few half leaves on the ground), but it looks like the little beast took a few bites of the kohl rabi and decided to go home!! (perhaps thats why they're still there now and have lasted since the weekend).

    Anybody any ideas (slugs, rabbits, anything else). Will try to get some pics up if I can work it out. Prob won't help much cos its just a seedling stalk with no leaves now.

    Thanks.
    The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
    William M. Davies
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  • #2
    Usually slugs & snails. I doubt if rabbits would've left anything behind.

    Try a slug hunt in the dark, with head torch and bucket of salty water (I got 53 the other night)
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      That could be pigeon damage - did the leaves look like they have been pecked?
      Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Paulieb View Post
        Will try to get some pics up if I can work it out.
        You need to make your pics small (I use resizr.com) and then you add them using Go Advanced and click on the paperclip icon
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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        • #5
          You can see a bit of the leaf on the ground.

          Agree its probably not rabbits, and probably is slugs.

          Whats the best deterrent?
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          The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
          William M. Davies

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          • #6
            No, that's pigeons

            You need to net them
            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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            • #7
              Cheers - will get onto that. I'm suprised by that though cos my caulis and savoys have been out in trays all day every day for the last 2 weeks (gh at night), and they've been fine.

              Will sort out some netting tomo, as I'm getting married on Friday and away on honeymoon after.
              The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
              William M. Davies

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              • #8
                As an after thought.......are pigoens likely to have a go at other crops in my plot.......currentseedlings are; Peas, PSB, carrots, srawbs, parsnips, brussels, runner/broad/french beans?
                The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
                William M. Davies

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                • #9
                  Also is there any hope for my massacred brassicas? Or should they get a one way ticket to the compost bin?
                  The more help a man has in his garden, the less it belongs to him.
                  William M. Davies

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                  • #10
                    If they haven't pecked the growing point out they'll keep on growing. This happened to us the first year before we got clever and netted stuff. They mainly like brassica stuff so net your psb and brussels as well , and they might have a go at your peas .....
                    S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                    a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                    You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                    • #11
                      and they might have a go at your peas .....

                      They will certainly have a go at your peas. I had some greenhouse started peas in containers which I left out overnight and they were completely stripped of leaves in the morning. My own fault, I know but I just forgot after being so careful to cover my brassicas.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                        No, that's pigeons

                        You need to net them
                        Or shoot the pigeons
                        It was dark. And cold. And very, very empty.

                        And in the middle of all of the dark, cold, emptiness lay something darker, and colder, but very, very full.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                          No, that's pigeons

                          You need to net them
                          Agreed!...........
                          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                          Diversify & prosper


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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Paulieb View Post
                            are pigoens likely to have a go at other crops in my plot?
                            They'll eat all your brassicas at every stage of growth (which you need to net against butterflies too). They don't go for beans or anything else
                            All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Paulieb View Post
                              Will sort out some netting tomo, as I'm getting married on Friday and away on honeymoon after.
                              Is it a big posh doo in London?

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