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Countryladiesgardens
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Does anyone know what's eating our Rhubarb?

We have a Hydrangea and Rhubarb that both look like holes are being eaten into the leaves! Does anyone know what may be the cause of this?

Thank you guys!

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I can't really tell in the photo but snails love to munch on a wide variety of green veggies.

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Thanks for the help! Does anyone else have a suggestion? :mrgreen:

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The leaves are very toxic and considered to be poison because they will cause kidney failure. What every ate your leaves is probably dead now.

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Thank you both for the information! Will look into the kinds of ants you are referring to! :-()

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The damage looks minimal. Snails/slugs would do much more damage. I would not be overly concerned. All leafy crops are subject to leaf munching insects. As long as the damage is small don't sweat it. If the damage increases try to identify the culprit. If you suspect snails or slugs put a couple of shallow pans of beer near your bucket and cover the surface of the soil with clean, crushed egg shells. It really does work!

Good luck



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