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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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 Posted - Aug 02 2014 : 8:44:21 PM
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We have had something eating our green bean plants? We have lettuce and tomatos and they have not touched them? We are puzzled? Can anyone help?
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2014 : 04:27:41 AM
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Beetles commonly eat ours! This is the first year item that it hasn't happened! We are actually getting green beans off our pole beans this year! Oddly, they do not seem to like my bush beans, so we also plant those to make up for the pole bean loss.
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2014 : 6:50:30 PM
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Whatever it is, I believe to be bigger than a beetle. the beans and the stalks are gone and they have eaten them down to where only a little bit of the stalk sticks out of the ground.?
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2014 : 8:10:36 PM
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Squirrels or mice.
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carolj
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
Waynesboro
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2014 : 3:08:12 PM
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Me. When we were first married, I rushed out to the garden to pick some spinach leaves to add to my tuna sandwich. They tasted like no other spinach I had ever eaten. My DH informed me that I had eaten bean leaves.
Blessings,
Carol
Farmgirl 1823
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sjmjgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2014 : 5:22:27 PM
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Could you have a groundhog or rabbits?
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
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tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Aug 04 2014 : 7:29:37 PM
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birds and rodents both will eat young sprouts, make a spray out of dried hot peppers, seep over night starting with hot, hot water and spray on your plants...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2014 : 10:02:26 AM
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I know we have rabbits but we have lettuce and I would think they would eat that too and not a piece of it has been touched?? So that is why I am perplexed.
Tina the suggestion about the hot pepper spray I will have to give it a try.. Thank you...
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
2707 Posts
Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2014 : 10:03:40 AM
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I heard one day when I went out there something run away but I did not get a look at it to see what it was. So I know it is something big enough to do that. hehehehe
Folks will know how large your soul is by the way you treat a dog....Charles F. Doran
beverley baggett
Beverley with an extra E...
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sjmjgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
566 Posts
Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Aug 05 2014 : 12:20:45 PM
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Now that you say that Beverly, I'm leaning more towards a groundhog. They will eat one thing and leave the rest alone. When they run away, they can make a big commotion. If possible, think about putting chicken wire or hardware cloth up around those plants and see what happens. Good luck!
Farmgirl Sister # 3810
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Dalai Lama
April is Autism Awareness month. Autism affects 1 in 88 children (1 in 54 boys, including my son). Go to http://www.autismspeaks.org/ to learn more and help Light It Up Blue on April 2nd!
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
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