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What is cutting the leaves off my garden plants?

I have veggie garden with various peppers and sweet potatoes. Over night, several of the plants had their leaves cut off near the stem. I don't think it was a rabbit since the leaves were not eaten, just left on the ground. I do not have fence, but did put some coyote urine around the garden to keep rabbits away. Any ideas of what it could be? I'm thinking insect or bird. Also how to do stop it going forward? Thank you (Also the plants were not uprooted)

Public Comments

1. sounds like a bug or a person who is jealous of you. bugs will sometimes chew off leaves to get inside and then eat the plant from the inside out. but some people are just mean.
2. Bugs have no way of cutting leaves nor does animals. It sounds like a human has cut the leaves of your plants. It has happened to my brother this year as well. Someone cut all of the stalks of buds from his iris plants. You have people who are jealous of your garden, what a shame.