Could be deer too but my money is on lubbers. They are really bad this year and they can strip a plant bare of leaves very fast. I dispatched 6 yesterday. One of they destroyed an entire leaf off one of my crinums and another two ate the leaves down to the stems on half my trumpet vine. They were still at it when I found them.

I live in the midwest, but I noticed that you have utility wire for fencing. We have a 4' of that around our garden BUT....we have to put at least 1 and 1/2 -2' high either chicken wire fencing along the lower section of the other fencing, or lately we've gone to rabbit fencing. It has 1x2" openings and lasts longer than the chicken wire. Plus, we sink it about an inch or 2 in the ground. But whatever got to your plant might be able to climb the fence or dig deeper under it. But I thought I'd mention using a lower, smaller-opening fence at the bottom, in case it's a larger animal. So sorry! I totally understand your frustration, as we have had similar problems in the past, and it's really upsetting. I also put up a solar electric fence around the whole thing. It can be a challenge to outsmart some of the animals....even though they're just trying to survive. Good luck!

I don’t see any lubbers and what should I do to make it grow?

Hornworms can strip a plant overnight in my garden.

# 1. What is a "lubber" besides a clumsy person???

# 2. Check for Hormworms tonight. Pick them all off if present. Cover plants with some sort of cloth or paper bag to keep animals away overnight. Lightly fertilize and they will probably recover. You might also try spraying the recovering plants with BT to kill off new caterpillars.

I just came back from a trip and found all my tomatoes stripped. Ah, well, they too will recover.

A lot of my peppers and herbs looked like this too -_-

Ah..... never heard the term before. For awhile they were having a bit of a problem with huge ones in So.Cal., San Diego area I believe.

Kate, Here is a link to the Lubber

Nicole, I agree that it looks it was a Iguana. The Lubber isn't nearly as bad as a heard of Iguanas in your yard. Some parts of of S. Fla. are overrun with them.

At work they tried planting some butterfly gardens, the iguanas thought it was a smorgasboard and wiped them out in no time. We have a few in my area but the folks down by the intracoastal have alot more of them.