So a couple of months ago I had an issue where all 4 trays of my spinach seedlings were decimated over night. Literally looking like someone took scissors to the stem. Confused at first I eventually convinced myself it must be a mouse.
Having spent a couple of weeks trying to kill this supposed mouse and being unable to find it I decided to try again. Round two comes, dozens of mouse traps baited and set on every wall, corner, climbing spot, humidity domes in place just in case. Not a sign of the mouse.
Leave the humidity dome off of one tray for one night and wake up to it being completely destroyed. Not a single trap triggered, bait completely untouched, no trails in the DE dusting on the trays. The only trace of a mouse I’ve found is a hole in a corner of the wall they at one time used, but it’s been baited and trapped heavily and I haven’t seen any sign of it being active.
I’ve trapped hundreds of mice and I can’t remember a single one that didn’t leave some sign it was there. At this point it’s hard to believe it’s not something else. I have no idea what else it could possibly be tho.
by GlassTomato4616
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I cannot imagine mice being the problem, but to me it looks like it could be snails/slugs having a feast with the delicate leaves.
Get a bottle of cheap, strong beer.
Empty the beer into a bowl.
Put that bowl on top of a humidity dome.
If it’s slugs and / or snails, they will be attracted to the beer, go and drink it, and drown.
I can’t get my spinach to germinate in my tabletop Hydro unit