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What about mice Roger?
On a serious note, squirrels were doing the same to our carrots.
Mice are a possibility Phil but I've never seen one. Just the odd rat.
No squirrels here Martin.
There are no pulled up bulbs Colin. We have thousands of rabbits (Spain is the land of the rabbit) but I have the plot chicken wired off and there's no sign of burrowing. If they got in they'd have destroyed the whole crop. I think I need Gary's night vision camera:-) How you getting on with that Gary ?
It seems to me that one aspect may be that the plants are so tiny when I put them in. We buy them from a local nursery. They don't have problems once they're established. I'm wondering if I should cover the rows with wire loops and netting or whether it would be an idea to grow them from seed and plant them out when they're bigger. Seed trays are impossible to get hold of here but I could improvise and maybe keep them in a cold frame. Any comments ?
i cant help on the onion muncher but i have a suggestion, can you get guttering?
i have 10 or so lengths of guttering that are the same length as the width of my allotment and i grow things in them and when they are ready for the allotment i put them in my van and take them up, make a furrow and slide the ready row into place. that way i dont have to go to the allotment daily to water check on things etc, when i have some spare i plant things like cut and come again lettuce, raddishes, spring onions etc
Bigyin said:
Thanks for the suggestion Matt. It would certainly make sense if I were some distance from the plot but it's right outside the back of the house. I think I'll use pots instead of trays as I have thousands of those, and build a netted area (maybe double as a fruit cage) for raising from seed. I'll have plenty of room as I'm gradually swapping over from two 36sqm plots to one that'll be 216sqm.