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13 Jul 13 Kyria (Australia - temperate climate)

I have planted on numerous times over the last few weeks lettuce seedlings. My issue is that as soon as they sprout something keeps eating them:( I can't see a snail trail so I don't think it's that... What else could it be? And how do I get around it without covering the whole patch up? Thanks!

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22 Jul 13 (Australia - temperate climate)

It could be earwigs. Make a trap with some scrunched-up newspaper in an inverted pot and shake the earwigs out every few days into water and get rid of them. Half an orange peel on the ground is supposed to work as a trap too.

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16 Jul 13 Ray (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I often use soft drink bottles with both tops and bottoms removed to make a tube and push these into the soil around newly sown seeds. Helps funnel water to the seeds and seems to deter crawling creatures that like to dine on newly emerged seedlings. Once the seedlings are a decent size I remove the tubes.

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