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Title: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: plotstoeat on April 03, 2020, 12:19:19
Pigeons?
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: pumkinlover on April 03, 2020, 12:49:45
Looks like it  :BangHead:
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: ancellsfarmer on April 03, 2020, 13:20:24
Hmm, I think not pigeons. They tend to leave the ribs of leaves. The photo seems to show strait cuts. Could it be a biped with a pen knife?
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: Vetivert on April 03, 2020, 13:49:54
Could it be a biped with a pen knife?

I agree, but doesn't rule out a pigeon with a pen knife.
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: ancellsfarmer on April 03, 2020, 14:01:18
Could it be a biped with a pen knife?

I agree, but doesn't rule out a pigeon with a pen knife.
Never had those when I was in West Sussex ! Even the ones at Brighton station were 'armless'
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: gwynleg on April 03, 2020, 15:43:06
I’ve had furry rodents eating my brassicas over winter- I caught them at it, and found their tunnel in the bed with bits of leaf sticking out! Outrage.  It didn’t look like that though- bit more nibbled.
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: plotstoeat on April 04, 2020, 19:16:43
Mystery solved; my neighbour saw pigeons doing same to her brassicas. Enjoyed the replies though :thebirdman:
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: pumkinlover on April 05, 2020, 07:27:03
Just  as I looked at the photos on a larger screen and noted the stalks cut off. Thereby agreeing with the other posters that it was possibly not pigeons!
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: ancellsfarmer on April 05, 2020, 08:34:37
Mystery solved; my neighbour saw pigeons doing same to her brassicas. Enjoyed the replies though :thebirdman:
HoHum!
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: Nigel novice on April 12, 2020, 21:31:33
Yes pigeons wreak havoc, I was losing mine at an alarming rate early on in my endeavours on my allotment, then a neighbouring allotmenteer gave me these mesh frames as he had gone raised bed, big enough to allow plants to gain maturity and fend for themselves, made from galvanised weldmesh and polyprop water pipe wired together, simple and cheap :)
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: pumkinlover on April 13, 2020, 08:16:32
Looks like an good job there Nigel.
Title: Re: something's nibbled my brassicas
Post by: JanG on April 16, 2020, 05:47:48
Good against rabbits too. They’re fond of brassicas.
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