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What is eating my hedge and how do I stop it?
andyn1970
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Hi all
Been working away a bit so somewhat ignored my hedge. It's been planted for about 2.5 years now from 50cm pot grown Golden Privett and its realy taken off this year. I have pruned it a couple of times to let it get thicker before it gets higher.
Was watering it recently and noticed a few chewed leaves but not many. Have been away for most of a month and now notice something has had a field day with the leaves.
If its leaf cutter bees or similar then they can crack on but I think the missing bits are too small for them.
A bit of googling shows Vine weevil as a likely suspect.
This is about a 7m hedge up to a brick wall directly on the other side of the wall in my garden I have honeysuckle, this also has similarly damage but not as much, nothing else shows damage yet.
In your opinion is this vine weevil?
I have ordered some Nematode stuff to try as my cat spends a lot of time under the hedge so would rather not use anything nasty.
It's mostly at the back of the hedge this is a lot thinner because it gets way less sun than the front.
Any advice would be great.
Been working away a bit so somewhat ignored my hedge. It's been planted for about 2.5 years now from 50cm pot grown Golden Privett and its realy taken off this year. I have pruned it a couple of times to let it get thicker before it gets higher.
Was watering it recently and noticed a few chewed leaves but not many. Have been away for most of a month and now notice something has had a field day with the leaves.
If its leaf cutter bees or similar then they can crack on but I think the missing bits are too small for them.
A bit of googling shows Vine weevil as a likely suspect.
This is about a 7m hedge up to a brick wall directly on the other side of the wall in my garden I have honeysuckle, this also has similarly damage but not as much, nothing else shows damage yet.
In your opinion is this vine weevil?
I have ordered some Nematode stuff to try as my cat spends a lot of time under the hedge so would rather not use anything nasty.
It's mostly at the back of the hedge this is a lot thinner because it gets way less sun than the front.
Any advice would be great.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
What's the best way of ridding my hedge of them?
I have ordered some Nematodes from Amazon and will give this a try. Is there anything better you can suggest?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Can you over treat with Nematodes?