Toms

[KEEFS CUFC]

Hi peeps
Has anyone had problems with mice eating young
Toms?
Ive never heard of it before.then again. Every days a school day


Thanks
Keefs

[ameno]

You mean the plants themselves? No, never. In fact the plants are poisonous.

[KEEFS CUFC]

Yeah sorry
Young plants.its like the stems have been cut off
With a pair of scissors. Straight cut..

[ameno]

Where do you have them at the moment, and how thick are the stems?

[KEEFS CUFC]

Bout a foot high and in raised beds in a polly tunnel

[KEEFS CUFC]

.oops and about 1/4 of an inch thick

[burnie]

Not something I have experienced either

[poly]

I've seen smaller seedlings growing in a tray snipped off as you describe and then some of the stems/seedlings taken off to make a nest!

[Bren In Pots]

Could it be rats they'd eat anything ?

[ameno]

Judging by what you've said, I'd suspect a cutworm of some sort. I doubt rodents of any sort would be interested in tomato plants - they have a pungent smell, bitter taste, and are toxic to mammals.

The only thing I can suggest is fitting tubes around them stems of your remaining tomato plants, maybe 2-3 inches long and pushed half an inch into the ground, to protect the stems from attack. If you cut a loo roll tube in half down its length, then wrap it around the stem and tape the two ends together, that should be about right.

[KEEFS CUFC]

Thanks everyone.il try the tubes and thanks for the advice