What's eating my peppers? Inspected the underside of leaves they look good. No eggs. Research led me to slugs, went outside at night and early morning and found nothing eating them down. They are chewed down to the stem.
by Rugrat2022
12 Comments
AcanthopterygiiCool5
Omg. I just posted exactly the same thing 10 minutes before you. Like exactly.
Hilarious?
Nobody is going to answer us. Let me know if you find out! lol.
ggg7300
My guess would be snails
rickyrick8691
Definitely slugs or snails you can get a slug collar on amazon should be able to minimise the damage
judgejuddhirsch
Deer
lelisblanc
Slugs I think? I feel like they’ve been particularly vicious this yeae
ikenzemon
Yeah it’s slugs. I have been having the same problem this year as well. Use diatomaceous earth along with slug bait to take care of them. I noticed a significant decrease in their population within a week.
ikenzemon
Yeah it’s slugs. I have been having the same problem this year as well. Use diatomaceous earth along with slug bait to take care of them. I noticed a significant decrease in their population within a week.
manu-bali
Definitely slugs
jooseizloose
Rabbits around here eat all the tops of growing plants. As do deer. If deer can’t reach those, you might have rabbits.
And slugs. Those leaves being eaten look like slugs, the tops being eaten are rabbit/deer – depending on the access.
I also have squirrels that get angry at me for removing their walnuts. Like really mad. I think they also practice subterfuge on my plants.
arahe45
Pill bugs maybe? They are eating mine before I found our. Ive been having to bribe them with loose lettuce next to the planta.
DanielAzariah
Rock salt worked for my snail problem on my horseradish plants in February.
toolsavvy
Snails, slugs or pill bugs (yes, contrary to popular opinion, pill bugs can eat live plants sometimes, not just dead plant matter.
12 Comments
Omg. I just posted exactly the same thing 10 minutes before you. Like exactly.
Hilarious?
Nobody is going to answer us. Let me know if you find out! lol.
My guess would be snails
Definitely slugs or snails you can get a slug collar on amazon should be able to minimise the damage
Deer
Slugs I think? I feel like they’ve been particularly vicious this yeae
Yeah it’s slugs. I have been having the same problem this year as well. Use diatomaceous earth along with slug bait to take care of them. I noticed a significant decrease in their population within a week.
Yeah it’s slugs. I have been having the same problem this year as well. Use diatomaceous earth along with slug bait to take care of them. I noticed a significant decrease in their population within a week.
Definitely slugs
Rabbits around here eat all the tops of growing plants. As do deer. If deer can’t reach those, you might have rabbits.
And slugs. Those leaves being eaten look like slugs, the tops being eaten are rabbit/deer – depending on the access.
I also have squirrels that get angry at me for removing their walnuts. Like really mad. I think they also practice subterfuge on my plants.
Pill bugs maybe? They are eating mine before I found our. Ive been having to bribe them with loose lettuce next to the planta.
Rock salt worked for my snail problem on my horseradish plants in February.
Snails, slugs or pill bugs (yes, contrary to popular opinion, pill bugs can eat live plants sometimes, not just dead plant matter.