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Seedling nipper identity?
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19-04-2007, 03:00 AM posted to rec.gardens
Jangchub
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Seedling nipper identity?
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:20:38 GMT,
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I have seedlings started indoors in polystyrerne cups, under lights:
tomatoes & peppers up about 1 inch but not yet with true leaves. This
morning I find about 30 percent are nipped off 1/4 to 1/2 inch above
soil level. In most cases the young first leaves are gone. Completely
vanished - just a stub of stem remains.
I see no sign of whatever pest has done this (apparently overnight
when the lights are off.)
Can anybody make an educated guess, what beastie would this be? And
what can I do to protect the rest of my seedlings - please be quick! -
as well as thwart the pest in future?
Thanks,
Alexander Miller
Port Alberni, B.C. (Canada
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Hmmm, cutworm? But how it would get indoors I have no idea. Where
did you get the potting mix from?
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