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What’s eating my garden peas plant

seyfadesseyfades Posts: 146
in Fruit & veg
i have a small row of garden pea plant that have been doing well. However it would appear something is eating the leaves, I have checked the leaves for fliea but I cannot find any. 

Please help.


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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Probably tiny snails. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • seyfadesseyfades Posts: 146
    Do the climb? It right to the top of my plants.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2018
    Oh yes, they climb ... snails even climb right up to the top of tall trees ........ to iinfinity and beyond!!! 


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





  • seyfadesseyfades Posts: 146
    Oh silly me, if I apply slug and snail pellets, will my plant still survive and continue producing? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2018
    Your plants are a good size and mature ... they will survive without slug and snail pellets and your soil won't be contaminated and you won't risk poisoning any wildlife.

    I would ignore the damage ... it doesn't look too bad ... your peas look as if they're going to be great  :)



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





  • seyfadesseyfades Posts: 146
    Oh yes, they do taste lovely, I’ve havested a few from them already. My daughter loves eating fresh from the plant 
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    seyfades said:
    Oh yes, they do taste lovely, I’ve havested a few from them already. My daughter loves eating fresh from the plant 
    In that case definitely do NOT put slug and snail pellets down. 
    West Yorkshire
  • seyfadesseyfades Posts: 146
    I’m confused, does the pellets make them poisonous? I used some when the plants were growing and flowering but stopped. 

    I this whildt watering the plant this evening.  Could it be the culprit? There were a few of them on the plant creating their webs.

  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    That's a spider in the last pic seyfades, definitely not the culprit of your leaf damage. Looks like slugs/snails to me. 

    We grow our peas beside a fence like you are, always spot a few snails hanging around halfway up 🐌. I simply pick them off the fence and chuck them in the green bin. Have used ferric slug pellets on the patch, putting just a few under a broken tile early spring helps reduce the slug population in that area.

    We eat them straight off the plants too, not noticed any nasty side effects. Should I be worried @Pauline 7 ? 
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