Help!

[domart]

Hi

Dont know if this is posted in the right area but here goes

This is my first full year at growing and have changed my garden round and spent all spring getting it right and really went the whole hog and bought chickens too !!! everything had been going well and i decided to chicken proof my raised beds - well so i thought !! The little devils could get there necks through the gauge of wire i had bought i lost lettuce and some radish etc but they have taken the leaves off the beetroot - my question is will the beetroot still be ok under the ground?

Have now re done the chicken wire !

[Nicos]

Oh dear!!!!

How much of the tops are left?...if the central growth is intact they should recover.
I found my chooks tended to tear off the soft leaves when they got onto my potager....(Yup - you're not the first to have been duped by chooks!!!!)

Have a close up look at the base of the leaves to see if you think they'll regrow...then leave them for a week or so to see if you're right.
Take a piccie and post it on here if you wish- then other peeps can tell you what they think!

[Jelliebabe]

My beetroots were attacked my pigeons last year - I netted them over and they recovered. If not buy a new pack they're not to dear! Poor chooks like their leafy greens!

[baldrick]

yes i too have that particular tee shirt.....................!

[Florence Fennel]

Oh dear oh dear. I suppose if there's a bit of greenery left, they'll recover. Best of luck.

[domart]

Thanks for all your advice there are still stalks so hopefully they will grow back they also have eaten my spring onion stalks part way down - there bloomin clever devils

[chris]

I'd have said greedy, rather than clever