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  • Who Or What Is Nibbling My Shallots?

    As the title says really. My leaves have been nibbled. They are in the polytunnel.

    Thanks in advance.
    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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  • #2
    Mice, Rabbits, Significant other half......all of the above

    :-)

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    • #3
      Originally posted by MartinRSharpe View Post
      Mice, Rabbits, Significant other half......all of the above

      :-)
      Of course, its Mr VVG! The thought of him, crawling around in the polytunnel, nibbling VVG's shallots, is a bit too much this early in the morning

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      • #4
        any pics VVG? Really need to know if leaves totally or partially grazed off or if nibbled in part etc. Mice and rabbits are definite possibilities depending on access and there are still caterpillars of different sorts on the go

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        • #5
          Sounds like mice VVG, do you have any plastic bottles you can put over them until they are established?............not the mice, the shallots........
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
            any pics VVG? Really need to know if leaves totally or partially grazed off or if nibbled in part etc. Mice and rabbits are definite possibilities depending on access and there are still caterpillars of different sorts on the go
            I'll go and take a pic today AP...

            Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
            Sounds like mice VVG, do you have any plastic bottles you can put over them until they are established?............not the mice, the shallots........
            Once I get over the thought of it maybe mice
            Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

            Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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            • #7
              I figured it might be furry things flattening themselves to get under the doors although I don't think there are gaps. Munchy caterpillars sound a much nicer bet.
              Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

              Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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              • #8
                i noticed 1 or 2 of my outdoor onions the same,bet its mice,as not a rabit area,
                sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                • #9
                  If a mouse can get its head in (I think mice heads are flat) it can get the rest of its body in.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Aberdeenplotter View Post
                    If a mouse can get its head in (I think mice heads are flat) it can get the rest of its body in.
                    Urgh AP, it is making the hair stand on the back of my neck. I'm going out now and have trousers tucked firmly in boots.
                    Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

                    Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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                    • #11
                      The rat man once told us meeces can get through a hole the size of a 5p piece (whereas rats need one the size of a 10p) so they may well be the problem.
                      The problem with rounded personalities is they don't tesselate.

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                      • #12
                        Could it not be slugs or snails? They seem to have got everything else this year. Slugs manage to get under our front door so they can get in anywhere.
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