Posted by FarmI on May 25, 2010, 8:56 pm
>I have prepared a lovely vegie bed and planted some seedlings of
> lettuce, kale, silverbeet and snow peas just a week ago. It's been
> raining so I have sprinkled spent coffee grounds and eggshells around
> the seedlings to deter the slimy slugs and snails. This seems to be
> working well. Last night I found 2 lettuces uprooted and slightly
> nibbled. What would be uprooting the lettuce but not touching the
> other seedlings. I hope I don't get home tonight to find more
> uprooting? I put the lettuce back in - they should be fine. Can anyone
> assist with identifying this strange activity? I'm going to sit in
> wait soon! I'm stumped. It's such a delicate lifting of the roots!
> Thank you!
Birds.
Posted by terryc on May 25, 2010, 9:40 pm
On Tue, 25 May 2010 16:19:37 -0700, lilipili wrote:
> Last night I found 2 lettuces uprooted and slightly
> nibbled. What would be uprooting the lettuce but not touching the other
> seedlings.
Black birds or similar insectivorous birds.
Posted by Jonno on May 25, 2010, 11:11 pm
Elephants can do this.
Depends on where she lives....
Emu' Ostriches. Turkeys?
Bush or rural.
Nasty neighbour?
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 16:19:37 -0700, lilipili wrote:
>> Last night I found 2 lettuces uprooted and slightly
>> nibbled. What would be uprooting the lettuce but not touching the other
>> seedlings.
> Black birds or similar insectivorous birds.
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> lettuce, kale, silverbeet and snow peas just a week ago. It's been
> raining so I have sprinkled spent coffee grounds and eggshells around
> the seedlings to deter the slimy slugs and snails. This seems to be
> working well. Last night I found 2 lettuces uprooted and slightly
> nibbled. What would be uprooting the lettuce but not touching the
> other seedlings. I hope I don't get home tonight to find more
> uprooting? I put the lettuce back in - they should be fine. Can anyone
> assist with identifying this strange activity? I'm going to sit in
> wait soon! I'm stumped. It's such a delicate lifting of the roots!
> Thank you!