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Old 12-09-2011, 01:15 PM
Potman Potman is offline
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Originally Posted by ffrank View Post
I seem to have the same problem. I successfully grew beetroot last year, but this year something has been devouring my beets from the top, though often leaving a small top knot of leaves. My best guess is some kind of rodent - and bigger than a mouse, I think - I guess that leaves sqirrels, rabbits or RATS - or hedgehogs or even badgers.

Gary, did you find ou what was eating your beetroots?

ffrank
How about getting a cat! ours kills anything from worms to blackbirds and would soon exterminate a rodent population!
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