Something invisible has eaten my cucumber plant - I'm very cross! any advise please

[TimeForMe]

I have a little plastic greenhouse and in it i had my cucumber plant (which was growing very nicely ) and my tomato plants.

I noticed that the leaves on my cucumber plant were disappearing before my eyes but for love nor money could i see anything on it. Then the remaining leaves went all limp and dead like so i removed them yesterday thinking that would be the end to the invisible muncher. Today i find that the tiny little cucumber shaped thingys have gone too so ive now taken the plant out of my greenhouse for fear that whatever it is is going to start on my tomatoes!

All i noticed was the faintist bit of 'shiny' looking stuff, not sticky or slimy, just shiney.

So my question is, should i now spray my tomatoes with something and if so, then please could you tell me what to use.

I am now greiving the loss of my lovely cucumber and i thank you in advance for you advise

Right, time for bed - have lost the ability to spell - should has only one 'd'. The other is for 'duh'!

I think maybe I am being punished by God cos for the past 3 weeks i have been throwing all my slugs and snails into next doors garden rather than killing em.

I think i'm now reaping what I sow! I'm off to the garden centre to try and get another little cucumber plant. Bet I'm too late now though aren't I

I will also be getting a huge tub of slug pellets!!! The nasty horrible little things. What purpose do slugs serve?

PS next door neighbour has no plants or veg in his garden, just evergreen borders and grass so I thought he would have more of a place for the slugs than me I will not do it again I promise!

defo slugs, I found a 3cm long one of my lovely prize winning courgette the other day, doused it in pellets evil

Oooh Time you naughty girl!! I give my next door neighbour all my snails. He only lives there 3 months of the year and his grass has got all horrible and long. I figured the snails might help a bit

Yes! Thats what I thought about my snails too. Plus, he is a councillor for the Green Party so I thought he could love and care for them a lot better than I ever could

My cucumbers were eaten, leaves, stems and all. How do I get rid of what's eating them? If it's slugs, I'll have to go out and look at night, but I don't want to use salt all over the garden. My string beans are also getting eaten, and some pepper leaves. Someone told me Dawn in water can be sprayed on and that helps. Is anyone familiar with this? Thanks!

Don't put salt all over the place - plants really don't like it!

Nematodes are a good organic option, copper rings work, beer traps work, and there are organic slug pellets that are iron based (ferrous) - please, please PLEASE don't use the metaldehyde ones, though, as these are lethal to wildlife and get into the water supply and basically are evil incarnate!

There is a separate thread on slugs in the forum with more details!