Who's nipping tops off my Onions??

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greetwellboy

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Who's nipping tops off my Onions??
« on: May 25, 2012, 05:38 »
The tops of my Onions have been snipped off,just as if someone's come along with a pair of scissors and cut them,spring onions too,???.Birds??,Rabbits??.
And more important will they still be ok??.

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Re: Who's nipping tops off my Onions??
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2012, 06:07 »
This has happened to some of mine and I suspect the muntjac deer we have that come through the site.  They don't normally touch onions but with it being a slow start to the season, their menu of greens is limited  ::)

I have some bamboo canes and netting that I make a makeshift fence round stuff until it grows a bit.  Doesn't need to be super secure, they just don't seem to like pushing their noses into net to get to veg  :)

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Re: Who's nipping tops off my Onions??
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2012, 07:01 »
This has happened to some of my onions too.  We have some rabbits and minks but I don't think either of them would eat onion?  Weird.  Isn't there some sort of weevil that does it?  :unsure:

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Re: Who's nipping tops off my Onions??
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2012, 13:40 »
Same here, the only walking wildlife we have at our lottie are mice (just discovered a dead one this morning) foxes and domestic cats.
Paul, Andrew, Kevin, Galen - My parents got bored of normal names in the end!

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Re: Who's nipping tops off my Onions??
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2012, 05:46 »
Rabbits took the tops off mine, wife left the gate open (naughty girl)
If Its Not Growing... Its Dead.

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potatogrower

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Re: Who's nipping tops off my Onions??
« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2012, 19:45 »
i was hoping to extract some seeds from a indian red onion bulb that i was growing but the slug/snails got their teeth into it and ate all the tops and left their slimy trail as a little thank you. i have yet to see if there is a surviving middle shoot so it can still grow.  to protect the others i had to use slug pellets around the edge


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