Something is eating my seedlings
These are Climbing Monkshoods. It's not happening in every tray, just a couple...so far. Any ideas what it might be?
There are a couple of others in this tray that are worse off.
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SeniorBalloon
2 months agoRelated Discussions
So frustrated
Comments (11)I'm not too sure though, I spray my seedlings as soon as they pop from the ground, granted that isn't a transplant and the hardening of the plant doesn't play a factor, but I spray all my plants with neem oil pumpkins, watermelon, cantaloupe, corn, everything. And I have never had an issue like that. It almost looks like a reaction from the powder and the oil. Don't take it as gold but It really does seem like a burn of some sort. Insects wouldn't leave brownish areas on the wounds and that light green ring around them either. Insect wounds are just holes and missing leaves. Has anyone on here used powder and neem oil before?...See MoreSeedlings being eaten
Comments (2)Rabbits: They love beans. They also ate some of my onions tops. I don't think slug/snails will bother with onions. And, the eating pattern should tell you something. ARE THE LEAVES PATIALLY EATEN ? Then suspect slugs/snails and earwig. The latter group start mostly with the lower leaves....See MoreWhat is eating my seedlings?
Comments (9)If you see no slime trails it's mostly likely the earwigs. Sowbugs and slugs don't normally take up residence under gravel, but earwigs will. Yes, I would move them up from the gravel....it supplies enough crevices for them to find daytime shelter. However before you do, I suggest you leave them as they are today and run out tonight with flashlight in hand. That way you can be sure what is in fact doing the damage. IF you find that is is earwigs, try putting out unwashed tuna cans filled with veggie oil as a trap. Also Rotting pieces of fruit/bacon works well too in a small paper sack turned on the side or in dishes...gather it up and toss in the morning; crumbled up moist newspaper tucked here and there, ect. will attract them also. The messed up thing is that they voraciously go after aphids and other soft bodies pests, but when the population is low they turn to tasty seedlings :(...See MoreWhat is this bug
Comments (2)usually it is some kind of larvae (worm, caterpillar) or slug eating plants. I don't know what your bug is....See MoreSeniorBalloon
2 months agoSeniorBalloon
2 months agoIt's an Aconitum hemsleyanum, I purchased it from Far Reaches Farm, https://www.farreachesfarm.com/Aconitum-hemsleyanum-H2MD-003-p/p6468.htm They have several and I'm not certain which, but mine looks like the one in the photo here.
I also like herbaceous vines. They grow so much each year and die back to the ground. For some reason I like that. :o)
Last year I purchased seed for 'Athens Yellow Bleeding Heart' and Codonopsis lanceolata. Sowed this last winter, so far only one Codonopsis has germinated, still waiting on Athens.
I am in the Pacific northwest. Wet in Winter, and not too cold, though it can get down to 10 degrees occasionally, summers are mild and we can have stretches of 50 or 60 days with no appreciable rainfall.
I'll have to double check on pill bugs. I hope they got a stomach ache.
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