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What's been eating my crocuses?
Garden noob
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I split my crocuses earlier in the week and replanted them. In the subsequent days, something's attacked ~10% of the plants. Any idea what it could be?
The crocuses are snapped close to the bulb so the plant is lying on the surface. No obvious sign of the bulb. (Maybe still in the ground? Maybe eaten?) In some places the ground is disturbed around the bulbs; in other places the ground isn't disturbed.
My current theory is pigeons. They roam the garden since I started putting out sunflower hearts, and a week ago I stupidly dropped quite a few on the lawn when topping up the bird feeder. Maybe that's encouraged them and they have been tugging at the crocuses?
Or perhaps nesting birds? But after they've snapped the crocuses, they don't seem to take away the plants so that doesn't seem right?
Slugs?
Would love to know what's doing this and how I can put them off. As far as I'm aware it's only happened since I replanted the bulbs - never happened before. Thanks!
The crocuses are snapped close to the bulb so the plant is lying on the surface. No obvious sign of the bulb. (Maybe still in the ground? Maybe eaten?) In some places the ground is disturbed around the bulbs; in other places the ground isn't disturbed.
My current theory is pigeons. They roam the garden since I started putting out sunflower hearts, and a week ago I stupidly dropped quite a few on the lawn when topping up the bird feeder. Maybe that's encouraged them and they have been tugging at the crocuses?
Or perhaps nesting birds? But after they've snapped the crocuses, they don't seem to take away the plants so that doesn't seem right?
Slugs?
Would love to know what's doing this and how I can put them off. As far as I'm aware it's only happened since I replanted the bulbs - never happened before. Thanks!
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