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African & French marigolds tops nipped off

GrajeanGrajean Posts: 447
in Problem solving
My marigolds are under attack, heads nipped off then dropped onto soil. I have done night checks no sign of slugs or snails, what else could it be?

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  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    Rabbits or deer?
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    Green or gold finches?
  • Janet523Janet523 Posts: 18
    Mice or voles?
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  • GrajeanGrajean Posts: 447
    Never thought of earwigs, we have lots. Another African bit the dust last night.
  • BobFlannigonBobFlannigon Posts: 619
    I still think it's slugs
  • JellyfireJellyfire Posts: 1,139
    I put some sacrificial french marigolds around a border recently after finding some dirt cheap trays of them, thinking the rabbits, slugs, earwigs or whatever else fancied a bite would go for them over the perennials around them. All the perennials have been munched to the ground, the marigolds are the only thing left completely untouched in there. I can only conclude that plants only get eaten if you specifically don't want them to. In future I want ALL my plants to be eaten. 
  • John HardingJohn Harding Posts: 541
    I bought T&M's "Tomato Growing Secret" French Marigolds and planted the out next to my tomatoes. Something has stripped what were healthy flowering plants right down to the ground - nothing left except the root ball. I reckon it is slugs and/or snails. We don't have a problem with deer or rabbits. We do get a few foxes but I can't see them devouring French Marigolds
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