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03-06-2012, 05:25 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Corporal Jones[_2_]
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What is eating my pea plants
On 03/06/2012 17:14, Paul Luton wrote:
On 03/06/2012 12:25,
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David wrote:
The peas in the garden are now flowering despite a dry and shady
location. Those down the allotment seem to have been defoliated apart
from any shoots that made it to 9" above ground level. Can anyone
suggest a culprit ( guessing pigeons but we get those in the garden
too)
and how to protect them ?
I'd say it's mice.
I didn't think mice went for the leaves. I'd go with pigeons.
Netting is the only way to stop pigeons, and even then they sometimes
just
sit on it and peck through. :-(
Thanks to you both. I have surrounded one row with netting. If that
recovers it was pigeons, if not mice.
Paul
Mine got ravaged by snails, a lot about this year, I am normally organic
but resorted to slug pellets this year and there where lots of dead ones.
Barry
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