@wild edges I am hoping that some kind of effective trap comes out of all of their research. Something we could pop in the pots or at the base of the plants. Lure them in and somehow trap them in there.
In the meantime: head-torch and the "pot of death" will remain.
That's really interesting about their eyes glowing. Let me know ho you get on.
That's really interesting about their eyes glowing. Let me know ho you get on.
The torch is in the post and I'm hoping I don't run out of weevils before it arrives. I might keep a couple captive just in case. Running out of weevils never seemed like a problem before...
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
That's really interesting about their eyes glowing. Let me know ho you get on.
The torch is in the post and I'm hoping I don't run out of weevils before it arrives. I might keep a couple captive just in case. Running out of weevils never seemed like a problem before...
Well I can send you a couple of heads if it still works when they are dead. I must admit to chopping one in half last night as I didn't have anything to hand to squish it with.
I've just received my first pack of nematodes for vine weevils who are eating the leaves of a large patch of hellebores in my 'rockery'. It's too awkward to crawl over in the dark so thought I'd try the biological route. Do they really work?
The thing to be aware of is the nematodes are for targeting the grubs not the adults so you might have a case where the adults are eating the leaves of one plant but the grubs are in a pot somewhere else eating the roots of another plant so don't necessarily apply nematodes to the plant with leaf damage.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I treated all of my pots with nematodes even though I only ever see the adults on the same four or five plants. Unless we follow them we won't know where they've laid their eggs.
I never found any on my hydrangea but lost it to the fattest grubs I've ever seen.
Just water them into the whole rockery and also in any pots you may have.
Thanks James, I did most of my pots with some other stuff a month or so ago so hopefully they should be okay. The packet treats 12 sqm so will just water it on the rockery and surrounding flower beds.
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In the meantime: head-torch and the "pot of death" will remain.
That's really interesting about their eyes glowing. Let me know ho you get on.
Two last night. On the Nepeta again!
I treated all of my pots with nematodes even though I only ever see the adults on the same four or five plants. Unless we follow them we won't know where they've laid their eggs.
I never found any on my hydrangea but lost it to the fattest grubs I've ever seen.
Just water them into the whole rockery and also in any pots you may have.