green bean plants

[TwoTearsInABucket]

I planted out two green bean seedlings about three weeks ago. They had two big leaves each. First, both plants had one leaf just bitten off and left.
Then, the other day I found one just snipped off at the base.

The other one keeled over today, and it was half bitten through. When OH dug it up, there were little holes in the stem where it had been under the earth.

I have started again from scratch and we have emptied out all the soil from the large bucket they were planted in. We are going to replace the soil.

Does anyone know what did this and how we can stop it from happening again?

I have only just started growing things and it was really disheartening!

I think you may of had a beatle in the soil. Mine are suffering, I have no idea how to combat. Will watch with interest.

Slugs, squirrels, mice...grow spares

There is a squirrel who seems to be hanging around the back gardens, and i thought that was the culprit but then because the plant was attacked from the soil up I didn't know what to think.

i s'pose it could be two animals/bugs/whatever.

I am very new to this gardening business.