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Emery Davis[_3_] · 05-06-2012, 11:06 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 06/03/2012 06:25 PM, Corporal Jones wrote:
On 03/06/2012 17:14, Paul Luton wrote:
On 03/06/2012 12:25, wrote:
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.

Snails are terrible this year, never seen it as bad.