Woodlice (roly polies) felled my tomato like a tree. Didn’t know they did that/that they had a taste for tomatoes.
They have spared the tomatoes on either side for now.
by Hyacinth197
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Agreeable_Classic_19
For real? This is crazy 😳
feldoneq2wire
So sad.
emcali12
Oh no! 😳😠
ChefJballs
Those guys got a couple of my seedlings a few weeks back, did the same thing but my plants were way smaller. That’s wild, there must have been a bunch of them to take that much out of it. What do we do about them?
Ciliarycell
Don’t be so quick to blame the Pill bugs. They eat detritus AFAIK. I have had this happen and every time it was rats that chewed the stem.
thats_radicchio
I saved my tomato plant last year that snapped in half. Connect the stem and tape the crap out of it! You may be able to salvage.
The rolly pollies almost certainly didn’t do that. THe way it’s twisted, it looks more to me like it was breeze-snapped, and they’re just taking advantage of the buffet now that it’s starting to die.
Original-Arrival395
Make a clean cut and put it in water
TrainXing
Squirrels or rabbits.
RealBrush2844
She persisted.
XYZippit
Rats.
They destroyed my tomatoes a few years ago.
Went outside one morning and my huge gorgeous tomato plants were all wilted… picked one up and discovered exactly what you’re looking at.
I didn’t suspect rats at first, thought it was a possum. Put a security camera out there and discovered *so many rats*, it was sickening.
Started actively trapping them (spring door traps, regular snap traps caught *nothing*) and my rat problem was mostly under control.
Anyway, rats. 🐀 🐀 🐀
codenameblackmamba
Rolly pollies can decimate seedlings, don’t let anyone tell you they just eat decaying stuff! Last year I had a population boom and my garden beds were overrun, it looked like the top of the soil was moving there were so many.
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For real? This is crazy 😳
So sad.
Oh no! 😳😠
Those guys got a couple of my seedlings a few weeks back, did the same thing but my plants were way smaller. That’s wild, there must have been a bunch of them to take that much out of it. What do we do about them?
Don’t be so quick to blame the Pill bugs. They eat detritus AFAIK. I have had this happen and every time it was rats that chewed the stem.
I saved my tomato plant last year that snapped in half. Connect the stem and tape the crap out of it! You may be able to salvage.
https://preview.redd.it/2cuks01mlqqe1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6dc09214c5331a7ca09c41bb408f7acf473be29
could be cutworms
The rolly pollies almost certainly didn’t do that. THe way it’s twisted, it looks more to me like it was breeze-snapped, and they’re just taking advantage of the buffet now that it’s starting to die.
Make a clean cut and put it in water
Squirrels or rabbits.
She persisted.
Rats.
They destroyed my tomatoes a few years ago.
Went outside one morning and my huge gorgeous tomato plants were all wilted… picked one up and discovered exactly what you’re looking at.
I didn’t suspect rats at first, thought it was a possum. Put a security camera out there and discovered *so many rats*, it was sickening.
Started actively trapping them (spring door traps, regular snap traps caught *nothing*) and my rat problem was mostly under control.
Anyway, rats. 🐀 🐀 🐀
Rolly pollies can decimate seedlings, don’t let anyone tell you they just eat decaying stuff! Last year I had a population boom and my garden beds were overrun, it looked like the top of the soil was moving there were so many.