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  • Veggies under attack agin! This time it's Pak Choi!

    I write from within the war bunker close to the scene of the latest massive attack on my veg plot! All evening I have been trying to work out how - despite thinking I had all defences secured - some pesky little predators have wreaked havoc inside the ring of steel that I'd assembled in defence of my Pak Choi. This has all happened this weekend whilst I've been away at my girlfriends where we were grimly assessing the damage of similar assaults there (on the veg, I hasten to add, not on me by her or her by me, or anything nasty like that - although I did twang her with a comb for a laugh this morning just to see how she'd react).

    The thing is, it's obviously something who's been studying my movements in that they've noted that I go to work every day about 8am, and know that I'm away at the weekend because every singe attack has taken place behind my back during those times. The Pak Choi are in a nylon potato growing bag, and a previous baby slug assault was successfully rebuffed by physically escorting the little blighters well away from the scene of the crime (ie over into my neighbour's garden - Not as 'bad' as it actually sounds; we don't really get on, and it's very highly likely that they came from there originally, so I usually 'repatriate'' things there), and were then afforded maximum protection by a very thick mulching of Slug Gone slug pellets which I thought had sorted the problem out completely.

    Unfortunately, this latest attack occurred, and it's obviously something with a particular liking for Pak Choi because they've absolutely devoured it and there are bites out of all the leaves whereby previous sowings have been totally unscathed.

    The two big questions are:

    1. What could be responsible for the current devastation?

    and

    2. What more can I do than what I've tried to do already?

    Any help at all would be very gratefully received! I so want to grow some more before it's too late for this year, and I really want to be sure they'll be OK...
    Last edited by Herbsandveg; 11-08-2013, 10:24 PM.

  • #2
    ^^^^ Raving Nutter ^^^^
    I suggest that you stop spending the weekend with your girlfriend and keep your hands on your Pak Choi
    Since you don't get on with your neighbour, could it be him nibbling your veggies? Do the bite marks match his dentures? You must consider all possibilities - does he have a rabbit?

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    • #3
      It's a her!

      Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
      ^^^^ Raving Nutter ^^^^
      I suggest that you stop spending the weekend with your girlfriend and keep your hands on your Pak Choi
      Since you don't get on with your neighbour, could it be him nibbling your veggies? Do the bite marks match his dentures? You must consider all possibilities - does he have a rabbit?
      I don't think I'd be 'him' because she's a girl (or woman, to be precise) and I don't think she has dentures (ie she has real teeth). She doesn't have any rabbits, but has lots of (very nice looking) ferrets, none of which have ever shown the slightest inclination of a cross border sortie despite getting loose on several occasions and doing nothing any worse than trying to trick an old lady (another neighbour; quite nice actually, though slightly dotty) that they were Meerkats by standing still and looking ever so slightly worried.

      We actually have a lot of Red Kites living round here, and most small(ish) mammals need to be bearing this in mind whenever they fancy a wee trek out in the open. Just a pity that the Kites don't do a side line as mercenary air cover for gardens!...

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      • #4
        Slugs & snails ADORE pak choi, and slug pellets don't always work (esp, if you use too many: they will stroll right past a sea of blue, ignoring it).
        All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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