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Jennie

stockton.pstockton.p Posts: 5
in Fruit & veg
What eats my Brussels sprouts. They eat everything leaving only the stalks.
I live in north Cornwall if that helps.  I don’t want a repartition of last year.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    What kind of wildlife have you seen?
    Rabbits,deer, pigeons?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Almost everything eats brassicas. Pigeons would be my first bet.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
    Posy said:
    Almost everything eats brassicas. Pigeons would be my first bet.
    Mine too ... or slugs and snails, and of course Cabbage White caterpillars ... and then there’s rabbits and deer ... brassicas need protecting. 

    At what stage are your Brussels being attacked? 


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





  • stockton.pstockton.p Posts: 5
    Thank you for your replies.
    They got eaten as soon as the sprouts appeared.
    Will just have to make sure they’re protected.
    This is only the second year I’ve tried to grow veg.
    There’s a lot to learn.
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