Runner beans

[treepixie]

Just been to check on my runners and they have been eaten, its only the leaves, I put plenty of slug pellets round them, so don't think its slugs, unless they have stilts!!

could it be pigeons? and how do you keep them off

[WendyC]

Why couldn't it be slugs or snails? Perhaps your runners are just too juicy to resist..

[Jamesy_uk]

It could of been the flying rats but the thing with slug pellets is they don't kill straight away, the slugs could of gone and had a final meal before they crawled off to die. If it was Pigeons then I use bamboo canes with a couple of 1ft lines of old VHS tape tied around them at 2ft intervals between the crop I want to protect.

[Two_Sheds]

I put plenty of slug pellets round them

That could be the problem.

You shouldn't use "plenty", you should use 1 per 4" or so (check the pack instructions). Too many and they will be ignored.

[Shadylane]

Rabbits? They often have a nibble at ours.