Something has pulled 2 potatoes right out of the ground by their shoots and started eating the potato itself. a) is this likely to have been a rat, and if not, what? b) any idea why this has happened when it's never happened before in about 6 years (and we have had rats around all that time)? c) is it worth replanting the potato that's had the least damage?
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What's got at my potatoes?
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I would have expected a rat to have dug a tunnel and eaten at the end of it.
I suspect a badger?
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Spuds I planted into a compost mulch were mostly pulled up and eaten by the wild ducks that take up residence every spring. I know 'cos I watched 'em doing it! Strangely the ones planted normally they left alone.
We had the same problem a couple of years ago...it was suggested that either the large extended on site family of badgers or the resident foxes were the culprits.
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No ducks round here! We do have the odd fox but the bite marks on the potato are too small. I'm now thinking it could have been a squirrel - we have lots. The very dry soil probably made it easy to pull out.
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