Cucumber seedlings being eaten overnight

[Bear777]

Any tips , I started putting plastic bottles upside down cut in half over top of the seedlings but looking for other options, I had a few months ago in another bed caught slugs attacking the cucumbers and therre I found the ground nearby was too wet due to leaking drip hose but that's not the case this time though, something else is getting them.

 

[Goonie Goat]

Any tips , I started putting plastic bottles upside down cut in half over top of the seedlings but looking for other options, I had a few months ago in another bed caught slugs attacking the cucumbers and therre I found the ground nearby was too wet due to leaking drip hose but that's not the case this time though, something else is getting them.

Maybe rodents?

 

[itchybro]

don't start them in the bed if that's what your doing
start them in small seedling pots then transplant as bigger seedlings
this will give them much more of a fighting chance
apparently slugs & snails won't cross a copper barrier , you can buy copper tape , at bunnings i think

 

[Billygoat]

Chooks destroyed mine. Possums are also annoying.

 

[Bear777]

don't start them in the bed if that's what your doing
start them in small seedling pots then transplant as bigger seedlings
this will give them much more of a fighting chance
apparently slugs & snails won't cross a copper barrier , you can buy copper tape , at bunnings i think

I don't know why I had in the back of my mind that cucumbers don't like being transplanted,, i was thinking they were like peas and beans for some reason, I will have to give that a go

 

[itchybro]

i think in general most things are better direct sown but just walk through bunings veg seedlings almost everything is in seedling from ready for transplant

 

[junglelover]

I'm guessing cutworms. In the past we've had issues with bean seedlings as well as cucumber. Try diatomaceous earth sprinkled in a circle around the seedling.

 

[Bear777]

I'm guessing cutworms. In the past we've had issues with bean seedlings as well as cucumber. Try diatomaceous earth sprinkled in a circle around the seedling.

Your probably right, I removed several of them off the lemon tree just the other day