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CURMUDGEONS' CORNER 4. I blame it on the eevil weevils 🐜

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  • Joyce21Joyce21 Posts: 15,489
    Same here @B3 but I cut back the remaining hardy geraniums this morning as the flowers were few and far between.
    SW Scotland
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Got fed up with my wall baskets, in the compost today, saved the verbenas, fuchsias and pelargoniums for next year. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I found the first victim of vine weevil grubs this morning. I've got a module tray full of saxifrage cuttings saved from a vine weevil attack in the spring and I found one cutting had fallen out due to munched roots. A quick grub around in the offending module turned up 6 young grubs. Nematodes will be on order later today so I can treat all the pots while it's still warm enough :|  I killed 7 adults last night too so I imagine the reinfection rate will mean I need to treat in the spring too.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Early start and a busy day tomorrow and I haven't really been to bed yet :| 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Why does Ebay make it so hard for you to sell your children? :/  I have a spare now so this one is surplus to requirements anyway.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Just look forward to the time when they are fully trained weevil hunters. Although potty trained would be good too😉
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Sleeping at night training could be good too.  Not sure you can actually sell children, you can give them away I think🙂
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm open to offers. Bit harder to get rid of them at the age they are though  :D
    They're reasonably well house trained....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have actually given two away, someone else’s responsibility now 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    So far mine haven’t 😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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