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Old 19-08-2008, 04:44 AM posted to rec.gardens
Vivian Darkbloom Vivian Darkbloom is offline
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:51:59 -0700,
(paghat) wrote:

In article
, dyogi
wrote:

On Aug 15, 7:01 pm, Paul Cassel
wrote:
Of the four tomato plants we have, one is being attacked by an unknown
animal. It only eats the tomatoes themselves but takes rather large
bites out of them. My wife (the gardener) says the bites may be caused
by a hornworm (?) except there are no other signs of hornworms so she
rules that out.

She thinks it may be a rodent. I suppose there may be mice around. Do
mice eat tomatoes? These bites are roughly 5 mm x 3 mm. Any other ideas?


I've caught mice and chipmunks eating my cherry tomatoes and routinely
set out traps. Last year 11 chipmunks were summarily dispatched to
rodent heaven; this year I'm up to 3 mice.

viv
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