Something is eating my plants
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Lagree Wyndham on Jun 23, 2016If I had to guess I would say deer.Helpful Reply
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Marsha Schwarz on Jun 23, 2016I too would say deer unless you live in an area that doesn't have wandering deer. Then... something else critter wise...Helpful Reply
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Shiley on Jun 23, 2016Buy tomato dust . It is sold at any hardware . The tomato worm will eat the leaves but not the stocks. check under the leaves, the worms are quite large like a caterpillar.Helpful Reply
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Janet Pizaro on Jun 23, 2016Most likely a combination of critters. Is your area known for Deer. Your tomato plants were probably attacked by the tomato horn worm.Is there any evidence of white flies,aphids,scale. Look for webbing or recreation of sap.Start applying a horticultural oil.Spray over and under the leaves.Helpful Reply
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Monique Clouatre on Jun 23, 2016Maybe a Grasshopper.Helpful Reply
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Stacy Letner Garbrick on Jun 23, 2016I have a chipmunk that just LOVES my cherry tomatoes , this year I spread shavings of zest around in my garden no more critter issues .Helpful Reply
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Nora Dolan on Jun 24, 2016Deer, I'd say. Shave some Irish Spring soap around the plants, Bambi hates the smell.Helpful Reply
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Leona G on Jun 24, 2016If you suspect the tomato horn worm scouting is the best control. You could also spray with a BT spray such as Thuricide. Doesn't keep you from eating the tomatoes or the okra. Please be careful with vegetable dust as they can harm the bees. You could also have grasshoppers. If they eat enough of the leaves you have sprayed with the Thuricide it could control them. Don't know if you have the lovely lubber grasshopper or not but the only control for them is you. They are to big for any insecticide to work. Good luck PS for my lubbers I used my sandals, 2x4's or pruning shearsHelpful Reply
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Brenda on Jun 24, 2016It's deer, mine have looked the same in the past.Helpful Reply
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Jayme Love on Jun 24, 2016It's probably deer. Contact a local barber or hairdresser and get hair clippings. The smell will keep most animals away as they think a human is near.Helpful Reply
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Veronica Arndt Sewell on Jun 24, 2016My Granny always said "cut worms". I am sure that is not the technical name, but they cut the plant in half. Just a possibilityHelpful Reply
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David Ogden on Jun 24, 2016It is definitely looks like deerHelpful Reply
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Marilyn OylerY on Jun 24, 2016Go to the hardware store and buy some deer fencing (it's not expensive at all) and enclose the area. If it keeps happening then maybe it's cutworms as someone else suggested.Helpful Reply
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Camay Thomason Jennings on Jun 24, 2016There is a deer canister that works really well. It is called "Deer Off" by Havahart. Some hardware stores carry them. They cost about $20 for a package of 6 or 7, and they last about 3-6 months.Helpful Reply
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Dwi5997718 on Jun 24, 2016It's either a cutworms you can find hiding in daytime under leaves or it's deer. Yep, this solution is yucks. Collect a cup or two of urine and sprinkle it around boundary of stuff being eaten. You won't smell it in ground but deer will run off!Helpful Reply
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UpState on Jun 27, 2016Racoons. Like Dwilson8774 said - get alot of urine and they will go to the neighbors house.Helpful Reply
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Judy Whisman Quattlebaum on Jun 28, 2016OR you could put deer food out (basically field corn) to distract them from your garden plants. That is what we did and we now enjoy an occasional siting of a Doe and her two fawns.Helpful Reply
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Cindy Ridner on Jul 09, 2016Irish spring soap cut up in chunks and placed in a sock and stapled to a post will help, also throwing it into your beds will keep deer and critters away.Helpful Reply
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