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In article , Robert
writes

A friend of a friend has had 6 large courgette plants disappear in
the space
of two days with only shrivelled stems remaining. I blame two legged
rats or
has anyone experienced this with some other pest please?

One possibility is that the stems of the plants had rotted due to over-
watering. This can also happen to squashes, pumpkins, melons etc.

Or eaten away by slugs.

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