Did you hear me swearing !!

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mumofstig

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Did you hear me swearing !!
« on: April 28, 2015, 18:46 »
Just been up the garden to bring the greenhouse stuff indoors........ only to find....................

all my leek seedlings have been dug up and tossed all over the place  >:(  :mad:

Don't think I can save any, so I'll have to sow again and keep my fingers crossed *sigh*

Wonder what the heck did that  :unsure:

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2015, 19:03 »
Sorry to hear that MOS, I had something similar a few months back when something got into my greenhouse and trashed my leeks, I salvaged some and now they are doing well, don't forget they are tough little things and should bounce back with a bit of tlc, cheers Dave
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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2015, 19:08 »
I've only managed to replant 10, so will deffo have to sow some more.

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #3 on: April 28, 2015, 19:27 »
Cant imagine what would be bothered digging them up? They weren't pulled rather than dug were they?

I was gurgling the variety I've planted this year http://www.seedaholic.com/leek-torledo.html and it says you can make 2 sowings the second being as late as mid July  :ohmy: to give a later crop.

Failing that there's always the garden centre for a block of them.

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2015, 19:44 »
A big hole in the compost where they'd all been dug out, no poo so don't think it's a cat.

Good news about a late sowing though  :)

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2015, 19:56 »
Mum! You don't swear do you? :nowink: :nowink:


In my back garden the blackbirds like to sort through looking for worms so I have to net the trays
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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2015, 20:42 »
So that was you swearing was it. ::) ::)

Bet your swearing wasn't as bad as mine when I found that something had done the same to my tray of leek seedlings about a month ago.

Mine were out on the patio.  I squished them back but got another tray on the go too. The first tray seemed to recover so now I have 2 trays of leeks. :wacko:

I suspected the foxes who have been digging up pots and other parts of the garden in search of food.

The other suspects are the magpies.
This growing lark is a bit of a fight innit? :ohmy:

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2015, 21:41 »
No, I didn't hear you swear........I put my fingers in my ears! :lol:

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2015, 22:51 »


In my back garden the blackbirds like to sort through looking for worms so I have to net the trays

that's a good point about blackbirds - big clods of soil/compost on a lot of my pots (thankfully not planted up) have been scratched up and tossed all over the patio where they have been digging around

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2015, 11:14 »
PMing you Mos!

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #10 on: April 29, 2015, 11:43 »
I've been lucky and a neighbour has just given me his spare leeks, so I'm sorted now  :)

Tbh his spares look better than my good ones did  ::)

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #11 on: April 29, 2015, 18:51 »
glad you dont have to replant. bet you felt better after your swear, i know i do.

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2015, 18:53 »
I'd say it was likely mice.  Had the same issue myself  >:(
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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2015, 16:34 »
Probably a squirrel looking for its nuts!

Very annoying regardless.

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Re: Did you hear me swearing !!
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2015, 16:58 »
I'm all for the blackbird myself - they can be right pains if worm digging.


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