Something is eating my seedlings

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davetoddy

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Something is eating my seedlings
« on: May 04, 2015, 20:41 »
As the title says, tops of 24 beetroot seedlings gone over a couple of days now the edges of brassica seedlings starting to show nibbles. What do we think it is and how do we stop/kill/catch it

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2015, 20:45 »
Slugs if they are outside in the ground, but can be inside too. Put down boards or empty grapefruit or orange skins & turn them over in a morning to see what's hiding.
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adri123

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2015, 20:48 »
get some beer traps made.

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davetoddy

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2015, 07:31 »
they are all inside the polytunnel . No sign of slugs/snails no trails or slime of any description

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2015, 07:40 »
I noticed my seedlings had been nibbled on a shelf in the polytunnel yesterday so I had a look under the pots and found at lease a dozen slugs >:(

blooming things get everywhere

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barley

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2015, 08:01 »
could be naughty mice too

try setting some traps or place down bait - if it gets eaten you got mice

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3759allen

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2015, 22:26 »
i've had things eaten by slugs and snails, seems to be worse this year than previous years. i resorted to slug pellets and now finding deceased slugs and snails everywhere.

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Re: Something is eating my seedlings
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2015, 14:21 »
I had no evidence of slugs or snails in my little greenhouse, but the tops got eaten off most of my cucumber seedlings.  When I moved the remaining 2, there were 2snails hiding round the back of the other pots.


 

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