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Something eating my plants.

13 years ago

What could be eating my marigolds,and impatiens. The tops of flowers are chewed off and the leaves defoliatede. I have used diatomaceous earth, snail and slug bait, dried blood and critter ridder and nothing seems to help. I looked at the soil and see no evidence of slime. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

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morz8 - Washington Coast
13 years ago
The most helpful answer to that is to go out at night with a flashlight and look. Make a trip about dusk and go again a little later if you don't find anything. You'll be surprised at how active your garden can be after dark :)
smarmyclothes
13 years ago
I don't know where you're at, but I'm in Southwest Michigan and I'm in the midst of an earwig infestation. I couldn't figure out what was defoliating my plants until I went out last night and saw SWARMS of them on my plants.

I have some photos of the damage in the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: Attack of the earwigs
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