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Rats 8 - Brussels Sprouts 2

Hillybilly4 · 2015-05-03 08:47:17

So upset this morning to discover that all but 2 of my young Brussels sprouts plants (they were about 15cm tall) have been eaten overnight - just forlorn stumps left. I could have cried! They were semi under cover in a lean-to cloche. Fortunately the other young plants were untouched (beetroot, spinach, broad beans,…

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03-05-2015 9:47am

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Hillybilly4

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So upset this morning to discover that all but 2 of my young Brussels sprouts plants (they were about 15cm tall) have been eaten overnight - just forlorn stumps left. I could have cried! They were semi under cover in a lean-to cloche. Fortunately the other young plants were untouched (beetroot, spinach, broad beans, leeks).
99.9% certain rats are to blame as we've seen them athletically scaling our bird table and also around the compost bin (we have a stream bordering our plot and they come up from the river bank). Our (terrier) dog is a useless ratter unless they throw themselves at him and we can't get a cat so am thinking I'm going to have to resort to bait traps somehow...sigh.
We stopped feeding the birds a week ago and so the rats must have decided to punish me!
Any recommendations/other suggestions please? :mad:

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