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F*#%!$ Vine Weevil

TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
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I thought this was doing so well 


But stupidly didn’t follow my own advice….



MAKE SURE YOU GRIT YOUR POTS, PEOPLE! 

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @TheGreenMan All is not lost wash roots really well as the eggs are soil colour. Take lots of cuttings they will root really soon.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I hate them so much.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I gave up with heuchera for that very reason
    Devon.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Loxley said:
    I hate them so much.
    Me too. The one pot I forgot to grit. 🤬
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Hostafan1 said:
    I gave up with heuchera for that very reason
    I have ONE left. It’s gritted and isn’t loose. Let’s see if it’s still here this time next year 
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    I have just gone through the remains of my Saxifrage collection. Most of them are rootless. I ave given up growing almost anything in pots. Planted the remains out in the garden to live or die as they choose.
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    Nematodes! They do work well for pots. 😁
    AB Still learning

  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Allotment Boy said:
    Nematodes! They do work well for pots. 😁
    Grit has done the trick for me for the last few years. I’d forgotten about that one as it was in a part of the garden I rarely go to. 
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Palustris said:
    I have just gone through the remains of my Saxifrage collection. Most of them are rootless. I ave given up growing almost anything in pots. Planted the remains out in the garden to live or die as they choose.
    I lost all of the heuchera I planted in the garden too. Saxifraga are a new addition this year. I have little hope of them surviving. I’ve unknowingly moved to a weevil hotspot. 
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    edited May 2022
    Us too. The previous owners grew Fuchsias and so fed the dratted things.
    Having said that, the Auriculas and Saxes I planted out because I got fed up of the bugs, seem to have mostly survived.
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