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Gardening

grasswire

(50,130 posts) Tue Aug 13, 2013, 12:37 AM Aug 2013

My basil plants are pretty much turned into lace. Petunias have holes in the blossoms. Something is eating them. It isn't slugs.

Any ideas?

TIA

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what critter is eating my basil and petunias?? [View all] grasswire Aug 2013 OP

Earwigs have feasted on my basil this year. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #1

thanks for the clue grasswire Aug 2013 #2

Try garlic spray. beac Aug 2013 #3

Japanese Beetles can do a number on basil as well, but they are obvious.... NRaleighLiberal Aug 2013 #4

well I have given up on them for the year... grasswire Aug 2013 #5

too bad you weren't my neighbor - I have more than I know what to do with! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2013 #6

that's interesting grasswire Aug 2013 #7

well, they are tomatoes - home grown ones - so that is a good thing! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2013 #8

mine are just coming on grasswire Aug 2013 #9