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Title: Eaten carrot leaves
Post by: Mortality on July 07, 2010, 17:05:40

I found this morning that black caterpillars have eaten the leaves of my carrots, just leaving the stalks, will they be ok or should I pull them up now?
Also badly eaten are the tops of the leaves of the onions, again will these be ok?
What are the pests likely to be?

Title: Re: Eaten carrot leaves
Post by: chriscross1966 on July 07, 2010, 17:58:06

Onions?..... You might get rabbit damage early in the year if there is nothing else for them to eat but I can't think of anythgin that would choose to eat onions at this time of year....

chrisc

Title: Re: Eaten carrot leaves
Post by: Mortality on July 07, 2010, 19:03:21

Looks like it's some sort of dark coloured caterpillar on the onions too ;(

Title: Re: Eaten carrot leaves
Post by: Mortality on July 12, 2010, 10:37:06

The catterpillas have eaten the leaves down to the bulb, and now it seems they've started on the leeks. >:(

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