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Growing => Vegetables => Topic started by: northfifeduckling on May 07, 2011, 04:21:14 pm

Title: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: northfifeduckling on May 07, 2011, 04:21:14 pm

something has nibbled my newly emerged beans although I protected them with bottles, eaten through the growth stem of my young sweetcorn  >:( >:( no slime trail but it must have been slugs?? And I found poo in there which looks like hedgehog's ??? ??? what else has poo like that? Not rat or mouse, I'm certain ;D :&>

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: Fleecewife on May 07, 2011, 10:24:37 pm

Depends what the nibbles look like but could be cutworms, leatherjackets, pea and bean weevil, slugs, mice - any or all of the above  ;D  If you have a hedgehog then you will have had slugs but you probably don't any more  :).

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: Blonde on May 08, 2011, 05:32:15 am

Go out at night with a torch and see who is on your leaves having a nibble

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: northfifeduckling on May 08, 2011, 05:32:22 pm

I just found a giant toad - must be the one that pood in there ;D ;D
I just hope she's not getting too hot ! I put a little plate with water under the table, where it's shady... :&>

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: Dizzycow on May 08, 2011, 05:59:15 pm

Shudder. I hate toads. I saw a seagull today swooping off with a big one (or frog) in its beak. My biggest problem each year is mice eating seeds of things like peas and beans, then the bxxxxy dogs eating the produce! It's a constant battle against predators.

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: Fleecewife on May 08, 2011, 07:22:47 pm

I love toads  :love: :wave:

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: NorthEssexsmallholding on May 08, 2011, 07:53:43 pm

toads are good for the garden.

Title: Re: beasties in the polytunnel
Post by: northfifeduckling on May 08, 2011, 08:01:27 pm

I love them , any wildlife bar predators going for my birds  ;) :&>