Catastrophe !!!!

[Tjohn]

Last week I started tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants from seed. Everything germinated and started growing just fine, then this morning I turned on their lights and found nothing but bare stems.. the leaves were gone! What on earth could have caused this???

 

[Chuck]

Mice

 

[zigs]

It was my turn to look after the school rabbit once. My tray of sunflower seedlings looked like that 5 minutes after he arrived

 

[Owdboggy]

Had a similar prblem with Cosmos seedlings. In my case it was a slug, now deceased. It only takes one!

 

[Don Perry]

rodents can do a bunch of damage in a hurry. Set some traps and bait them with peanut butter. You want to be certain of what the culprit is. Then you can set poison out.

 

[lifegardener]

In my past experience, everything being decapitated in a night that quickly, is likely caused by some type of rodent.
Before resorting to traps, try planting some herbs - rosemary, mint - the second go around; or start off with larger seedlings.