Depends where they are being eaten
Is it the stems or the leaves, stems could be either slugs or even mice, slugs easy to stop mice not so easy :twisted:
Turn the leaves over and look underneath, bugs are seldom on the top of the leaves. Have the leaves been eaten round the edges or along the veins, are there little 'tracks' inside the leaves (hope not, thats leaf miner)
Is there's any sign of eggs under the leaves or are the leaves curled up at all
If it's a cruled leaf it may be catepillars which you just pick off by hand, enlist the help of a small child they seem to love collecting them, then feed them to the birds (the catepillars not the small child
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Growing tips, have a close look and see if there are any aphids in there, (black/green/white/wooly :twisted: ) they'll be very small early on. If there's only a small infestation and you've only a small crop, run the growing tip through your finger and thumb, with gentle pressure draw the growing tip through and see if there's any squished bodies come out :!:
There are a number of things it could be, but you can use pesticides if you're happy to go down that route, as long as they're used early enough and well before you take anything off the plants as a crop :geek:
I take it whatever is happening it appears to be above ground level
the plants are/have been growing healty and Ok but now are being eaten
Are they new plants or established or moved this year
As you can tell there are a few things it could be, but I'm sure there's plenty of heads around here that can help :thumb:
Piccys might help.
If you come across any Ladybird Larvae leave 'em alone (and certainly don't use pesticides :nono: ) they won't be scoffing your plants :nono: they're ugly buggers but great bug munchers :thumb:
Ladybird larvae
