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Radishes

NewGardenerCornwallNewGardenerCornwall Posts: 40
in Fruit & veg
From this spring I have tentatively started to grow salad and veggies.  why do my radishes look nibbled (above ground). I only know ready to pull out when they peak from the soil, but then also get attacked. Thank you.

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  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    We have found not only slugs and snails having a nibble but woodlice as well.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    edited August 2021
    At least the culprit seems to have made a clean cut - you can still eat the remainder.
  • NewGardenerCornwallNewGardenerCornwall Posts: 40
    bertrand-mabel said:
    We have found not only slugs and snails having a nibble but woodlice as well.
    I couldn't see any slug or snail trails, so could be wood lice.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Slugs … I’d put money on it. 
    Some slugs live in the soil and don’t leave slime trails. 

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





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