Despite being covered in salt hay, our peas are be munched as they come up from seed - someone is eating the tops right off.
Any ideas what could be feasting on them and what we might do to prevent it?
Thanks!
What's eating the top of the peas?
In the past, I've had a problem with birds eating the peas as soon as they came up. This year, I covered the row with hoop-and-loop - see photo taken March 18th 2010 and did not have a problem.
Honeybee,
What is hoop and loop? You seem to have an interesting set-up under the Remay cloth but I can't really see. Looks easy to attach the cloth to! Birds are a problem for me with peas - I try to cover the seeds with straw but inevitable birds get a few as the peas germinate and come up through the straw. I like this set-up - very neat.
gardadore I purchased my hoop loops from Drip Works, but I can't find them on their site now. Here are the same things featured at Johnny's - they really worked well, and I plan to set them up again late this summer, with some row covers, to keep the sun off the broccoli while it is small.
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/p-6931-hoop-loops-pkg-of-10.aspx
Okay, I found the link on Drip Works site for hoop loops - they are listed about half-way down this page:
http://www.dripworksusa.com/store/agribon.php