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To add my grumble to the sweetcorn thread, some little bugger has been
into the
greenhouse and munched right along the row of stupidly expensive purple
mangetout
and nipped them all off at the base of the shoot. :'(
(Why do these things never eat the cheap ones!)
I'm guessing a mouse, although I did find a snail on an upper shelf, but
no
snailtrail around the pea area. (Whatever it is has also had a bit of a
go at
some of the others, I think. Or else was just careless with the remains
and
they are scattered on the other half-pipes. But nearly all my Shiraz
mangetout
are goners)

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I have similar pea woes. I was growing them in paper pots on top of my high
dustbin. They were fine until a few days ago. One pea had been bitten
off. I moved them into my conservatory, but I leave it open so my cat can
come in, another three were also bitten off, one overnight and two in the
day.
I've moved them into my front porch. I have examined all the pots for
slugs/snails - nothing.
There was a green insect that hopped out then. It was similar to a
springtail but much much bigger, and it jumped like it was in the Olympics
when I tried to get it.
Is this my pea chewer?

Tina




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