QuestionsHow to growVegetable GrowingWeeds, Pests and Diseases‘Holes’ in vegetable leaves 0 Vote Up Vote Down Noel Carey asked 15 years ago A lot of my vegetables are being eaten, not by slugs, but by something which is making holes in the leaves. For example, my seedling lettuce plants are being destroyed: they look like lace! What might this be and what can I do? 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 6 years ago Is it likely that this is indeed slugs, or possibly small snails, which feed at night and hide by day.