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Pat Kiewicz[_2_] · 30-07-2012, 12:39 PM posted to rec.gardens

said:

On Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:51:00 AM UTC-7, EVP MAN wrote:
My neighbor planted some spring onion sets in his garden last week and
told me that something chewed the tops off of two rows. We live in
town
and have rabbits, squirrels and every once in awhile a possum passes
through. I'm about to plant my own onion sets this coming week and
this
has me a bit concerned. Does anyone know of any animal that will
bother
onions???

Rich

I had the same thing happen in my garden yesterday. We too are within
city limits and have the occasional raccoon & skunks and also some
turkeys, but no deer or rabbits. We have dogs and cats that come into our
yard, but that's it. Any ideas?

The only pests that have ever eaten onion tops in my garden are cutworms.
A single cutworm can mow down several baby onions in one night. It will
be buried in the soil at one end of its path of destruction.

--
Pat in Plymouth MI

"Yes, swooping is bad."

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