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I am a beginner gardener, in Tirol, the mountainous part of Austria.
I have a small raised bed, I weeded it and then sewed seeds of Cavolo nero / Lacinato kale / Tuscan black Kale, whatever you call it! I did this around the end of May, beginning of June time. There is nothing else in the plot!
It’s now early August, for the most part they’re looking okay, but some of them, are not looking so good, mostly, though not exclusively in a more shady corner of the plot. Essentially, something is eating the leaves! It’s strange because, whatever is doing this is selective, I found one leaf on a plant munched on, other leaves on the same plant not touched! However, others have been munched to oblivion! I don’t believe it to be slugs, Normally there will be slime trails and there is none. There is also nothing to see on the underside of the leaves, no eggs or anything like that, I’ve not looked in the dark, but during the daytime, nothing is moving on the plot to suggest some insect is around the place. Basically I’m stumped, I don’t know what’s doing this, I’m assuming, all the action is happening after dark? Does anyone have any ideas what this might be, and more importantly what the remedy is? My wife and I were rather hoping we could eat this stuff in autumn not the wildlife!
Please help, I would really appreciate a bit of help and advice on this!
Thank you in advance, Ginlane
I am a beginner gardener, in Tirol, the mountainous part of Austria.
I have a small raised bed, I weeded it and then sewed seeds of Cavolo nero / Lacinato kale / Tuscan black Kale, whatever you call it! I did this around the end of May, beginning of June time. There is nothing else in the plot!
It’s now early August, for the most part they’re looking okay, but some of them, are not looking so good, mostly, though not exclusively in a more shady corner of the plot. Essentially, something is eating the leaves! It’s strange because, whatever is doing this is selective, I found one leaf on a plant munched on, other leaves on the same plant not touched! However, others have been munched to oblivion! I don’t believe it to be slugs, Normally there will be slime trails and there is none. There is also nothing to see on the underside of the leaves, no eggs or anything like that, I’ve not looked in the dark, but during the daytime, nothing is moving on the plot to suggest some insect is around the place. Basically I’m stumped, I don’t know what’s doing this, I’m assuming, all the action is happening after dark? Does anyone have any ideas what this might be, and more importantly what the remedy is? My wife and I were rather hoping we could eat this stuff in autumn not the wildlife!
Please help, I would really appreciate a bit of help and advice on this!
Thank you in advance, Ginlane
