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Old 04-07-2006, 11:27 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Jane
 
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Default Damage to plant leaves irretrievable or not?

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All the leaves of my brussel sprouts and calabrese have been badly
attacked by something or other which has left my tomato plants alone.
A lot of them look like they have been deeply bitten or cut with
something with serated edges. There are foxes around here but they
don't nibble greens do they? Slugs? But I haven't seen any.
Anyway, is it worth looking after these plants any more? Will they
regenerate their damaged leaves or should I call it a day?


Rabbits? I've had to cover my plants because there's been a baby bunny
hopping around the neighbour's allotment, nibbling his lettuce (and there's
no such thing as "one" rabbit). And I saw pigeons pecking plants on another
neighbouring allotment.

I'm new to growing veggies, but if your nibbled plants are sprouts and
calabrese and there are still some leaves remaining, I'd wait a couple of
weeks to see if they recover.