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Something removing entire chilli leaves

edited March 2021 in Problem solving
Hello. I have some chilli seedlings in a greenhouse, in three separate grow bags (~ 30cm tall), each with about 6-8 seedlings . Overnight most of the leaves (~85%) were completely removed by something. The floor of my greenhouse is covered in slug pellets so I doubt it could have been slugs or snails? It has been 2 nights since this happened and the next day I raised the seedlings off the ground. Since then no more leaves have gone. I did some google searching and it seems everything common would have "nibbled" at the leaves rather than completely remove them. The leaves are/were about 2cm long. Could it be mice maybe? One of the few remaining leaves has a very clean square nibble in it.

Any ideas?

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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Were the doors shut?

    Welcome to the forum.
  • Hi. Thanks!
    Good point. The doors and windows were shut. The greenhouse is on gravel though and the doors are not completely square, leaving a small gap (~8mm) at the top and bottom.
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