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Something`s enjoying my peas and it aint me!
Tom Fincher
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in Fruit & veg
Good morning - I`ve grown some peas from seed and they started of growing great guns, but in the last 2 weeks they`ve started to be eaten - this coincided with the buds and flowers appearing - now new growth is being eaten as quickly as it arrives by something. Does anyone have any ideas what it may be and how I can treat the problem to allow at least some pea harvest this year? There is no slug trails and i`ve looked for caterpillars, but can`t see any - Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Tom
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Slugs, snails and pigeons love peas, so take your pick, but from where the damage is, I'd go for snails.
Snails seem to be a bigger problem than they have ever been this year - my poor huge alliums had all their stems scraped clean by them, I saw them by the score - lots of tiny little ones as well, which hide everywhere. Peas have suffered like yours, ditto beans and chard - ugh! Don't know where they're all coming from - it almost looks as if the usual slug wave has metamorphosed into snails this year!!