So what really ate my cucumber seedlings??
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Comments (7)Few comments and questions. Have a woodchuck(groundhog) living uner my shed, next to my garden. I am still trying to catch him with a live trap. My compost bin is about two feet behind my garden, last year I saw him stretch from the top of the compost pile to the top of the fence to get in, and actually climbed the fecne ...about two foot wire fence to get out when I ran to the garden to get him. I did adjust the fence in that area since to try and keep it from happening again. I also have rabbits every where and not sure if they are able to get in the garden. Again fence in most area is about 2'. Only ever caught one rabbit in and it was a baby and squeezed throught the holes. I still loose plants chewed down to nubs. Have not found anywhere that someting has got through or under fence. Don't know if something is scaling fence or hoping over. I need help too....See MoreWhat's eating my cucumber/tomato seedlings
Comments (3)I'm having problems with cucumber seedlings this year too. None of the transplants I've put out, just Middle Eastern cucumbers germinating in hills. They aren't cut to the ground. Mine are the leaves being picked off and in most cases, disappearing? My garden is fenced with 1/2" wire mesh, so I can't see it being rabbits. Squirrels or birds I think. Perhaps I'll follow your lead and put chickenwire cages around the hills and see if it solves the problem....See Morewhat ate my daughter's pumpkin seedlings?
Comments (6)i had the same problem with some of my cucumber seedlings, direct sown. Something nibbled a few of them, left on leaf on the ground. In this case, being the edge, I 'm guessing a rabbit, as the others weren't touched. A cutworm leaves nothing behind, right?...See MoreWhat ate my cucumber?
Comments (4)Yeahp! see how something just ate right up the middle leaving the side walls of the stem intact. Never seen that before! I have never seen any snails or slugs around the property. But I do have many species of moths and butterfly around. This is a new garden bed tilled from a compacted clay about 2 months ago. Prior plants in the area where lantana and florida betony(what a pain). Put down a thin layer of cypress mulch about 2-3 weeks ago....See Moremaxinmontrose
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