Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:19 pm
#1782547
So I have a 4 year old boy and we're growing peas to teach him about plants and where food comes from (and to try to get him to eat the bloomin things!)
Last year our entire plants were decimated by slugs and snails, so this year we got wise and put down copper tape.
But now something else is eating the plants! I cannot for the life of me figure it out, but what I know about gardening could be summarised on a napkin...
I've yet to catch the wee blighters in the act and it seems to eat the lower leaves first and works its way further up as time goes on, which would rule out a flying insect.
See images below:
Help! What is it?
Decent leaf for reference, the wee buggers haven't eaten them all!
Last year our entire plants were decimated by slugs and snails, so this year we got wise and put down copper tape.
But now something else is eating the plants! I cannot for the life of me figure it out, but what I know about gardening could be summarised on a napkin...
I've yet to catch the wee blighters in the act and it seems to eat the lower leaves first and works its way further up as time goes on, which would rule out a flying insect.
See images below:
Help! What is it?
Decent leaf for reference, the wee buggers haven't eaten them all!