Leeks

Something is eating/ stripping the greenery from my leeks. Can you please advise what this might be and what is the best way to prevent it




Asked on 29 Aug, 2008 by

helen01
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doctorbob1
Doctorbob1
 

Hi Helen,
This is probably slugs. You can try putting soot around the bottom of the plants to stop things crawling up them.

2 Sep, 2008

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