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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: caroline7758 on February 14, 2011, 15:14:50

Title: Nibbled garlic
Post by: caroline7758 on February 14, 2011, 15:14:50
Something (rabbits or birds) has nibbled the shoots of my garlic. Do you think they will recover? Must make some scarecrows. >:(
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: saddad on February 14, 2011, 15:41:45
They should recover... unless whatever it is comes back for seconds... and thirds..  :-\
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: jimtheworzel on February 14, 2011, 16:37:19
Quote from: caroline7758 on February 14, 2011, 15:14:50
Something (rabbits or birds) has nibbled the shoots of my garlic. Do you think they will recover? Must make some scarecrows. >:(

i think a shot gun would be better !
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: Jeannine on February 15, 2011, 04:42:55
Mine too, my fingers are crossed. XX Jeannije
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: rosebud on February 15, 2011, 12:43:45
 My garlic has not shown yet ? perhaps it has been eaten.
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: bluecar on February 15, 2011, 13:24:19
Some of my garlic is through and when I gently moved some of the soil, the rest were on the way.
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: Dandytown on February 15, 2011, 14:05:05
All of mine are up bar the jan planted elephant garlic.  Is it normal for the cloves to put out more than one shoot.  They were from Wilkinson?
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on February 15, 2011, 14:15:14
It's quite common. Sometimes what appears to be a single clove is actually two.
Title: Re: Nibbled garlic
Post by: Sally A on February 16, 2011, 20:36:43
The bulk of my 180 cloves are up, but have also noticed that 3 have been nibbled off - am curious =- we are not in major rabbit country.  Will not fret, as the cloves still seem to be plumping up, and will use these first as wet garlic in late May/early June.