Well, I was having a courgette for my tea

elsien

until I went to pick one. It's growing in a pot with copper tape round. If this is slug damage, it's not a slug I'm planning to get anywhere near on a dark night.
What do you reckon?


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browneyedbazzi

I've had slugs nibble at several of my courgettes, but generally the eaten bits are smaller and it takes them a while to make a dent that size (I leave the partially eaten ones on the plant because then the slugs go back to it rather than attack a new one). Did that happen overnight??

elsien

No, over a couple of days. One small nibble one day which I reckoned I could leave as it wasn't too bad. Then the next day this was the damage.

safestored4

I've had something similar and put it down to mice. They have also had a go at our radishes this year.

pambler

I had some similar nibbles on mine, but as there were no slug trails at all on the courgette or plant, I also assumed that it was a mouse doing the damage.

firefox1956

Mice..........I have had terrible trouble with them in my garden this year.
Eating cabbage &all sorts of things......
I have caught 23 mice up to now this year !!!

elsien

I think they're starting to wander inside early as well this year. Caught the first attic one yesterday.

savemoney

I had mine affected on allotment when they first bared some courgettes, but don't seemed to touch them now. I tried and keep courgettes slightly off ground but with the abundance of veg its a heavy task. I have had blooming loads this year out of just 2 plants and one marrow.

MrsAtobe

My dog loves courgette