Sorry for taking so long to reply to this thread (time flies
). Thanks for all the comments. I havn't seen any beetles, but on closer inspection of the little olive oil and soy sauce traps I'd set out, I did see some earwigs. I didn't see them at first because I need new glasses
and they were sort of disguised by the soy sauce (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
).
So I suspect that the earwigs are the culprit. The area of the damaged plants is about 3 feet away from a huge artichoke plant that's loaded with earwigs so it makes sense. As things aren't growing that well in that area anyway, I'm not going to worry about it any more right now (just sluggo plus) and concentrate a bit more on other areas of the garden.
Since I've taken a couple growing spots out of circulation for the time being, I've got a couple of dwarfs plus more eggplant and peppers started in Kratky that I'm somewhat impressed with. I'll post an update soon to my 2021 dwarf garden thread
.
Anne