It was a depressing morning in the pumpkin patch. It seems one of my pumpkin plants - only one - has been completely devoured over the course of the past several nights. It began with a few holes chewed through the leaves. Similar to some of the others. But then this morning, I discovered most of the leaves on this plant had been eaten away entirely. Only the naked stems remain. The other dozen or so plants are fine.
Odd.
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It sacrificed itself to save the others....brave little pumpkin plant!!!
Cheers!
So did you catch the culprit/s who ate it by chance? Something has been chomping on my MoonVine this year, but I've yet to catch it/them in action. PESTS!
FQ - He (she?) was indeed a hero! :D
Wendy - No. They work by night. I wish I could separate the good insects from the bad. :/
Hmmm....that is quite possibly an impossible task! ;o)
Looks like slugs to me!!!! put a cup in the ground, buried up to the rim, and fill 3/4 with beer! If it is the little slime balls, they will go drink the beer and drown!!!
Aw. I'm always so sad to lose a plant. Especially something as valuable as a pumpkin.
I think I have a grasshopper plague in the garden this year. Bastards are everywhere. I lost one pepper plant completely, but they just seem to nibble a bit everywhere else.
Hope the other pumpkins fare much better!
Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo!
If it is slugs, use a bowl of beer. They will drown in it and they will die happy.
I don't think it was slugs. Or at least I haven't seen any in that part of the garden. Odd that it only picked on one plant :/
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