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Decapitated chives

BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
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Went out this morning to do a round of inspection and i saw to my dismay that half of my chive flowers were completely decapitated and lying on the ground. I grow them for kitchen use but the bees love the flowers so I'm wondering what on earth would do this?

Its been rather windy lately but a third clump about 6 feet away are unaffected. I've never seen anything like that before. Maybe someone here has an idea. 
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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    Loads of things in my garden look like that at the moment, but I know why.
    Three of my sheep have learned to jump the fences that have successfully kept sheep in for 30+ years. I am at my wit's end to stop them, but can't help with your problem, though it's probably birds.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Definately no sheep. Could it be doves or wood pigeons? I get those regularly but ive not seen them on the flower beds. 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It's probably a bird landing on it or a cat jumping through the bed. The wood pigeons in my garden cause a lot of damage like that. They're not the most graceful of animals.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Could be next doors blasted cat then grrrr.  :#
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Bijdezee said:
     Could it be doves ... 
    Not guilty!  :(

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited May 2018
    Are you sure someone is not picking them off and eating them, I do that, but I haven’t eaten yours😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • ThankthecatThankthecat Posts: 421
    I've got two pugs and one of them likes to eat my chives. She sidles over to them when she thinks I'm not looking, but the happy chomping noises give her away. I know onions are poisonous to dogs but that doesn't seem to apply to chives!
  • Anna33Anna33 Posts: 316
    Not sure what has caused it, but each decapitation looks very neat - I would imagine any cat damage would have caused a more ragged tear on each plant...! Yours look like they've been snipped by something sharp.

    Be interested to find out what has caused, it, though!
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Image result for harvest mouse eating flower head

    Harvest mouse?  
    Utah, USA.
  • BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
    Lyn said:
    Are you sure someone is not picking them off and eating them, I do that, but I haven’t eaten yours😀

     Only DH and i here at the moment so i dont think anyone ate them plus the tops were laying on the ground
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