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Bamboo roots being eaten 100's of white bugs and thousands of white eggs

greenwichkidbz0Wrfnigreenwichkidbz0Wrfni Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Hello there I did have some glorious Black Bamboo but not so much now, I took it out of its pot and I can see these bugs, the root system has been savaged and I have about only 1/2 left which explains why the bamboo looks so incredibly sorry.
I have previously had a problem with Vine Weavel but these don't look like maggots, they look like below (Not an actual photo of mine as getting a photo was impossible but they're the same)
I've thrown out (into a skip) the compost and soil and I've soaked the roots and I'm washing off the remaining compost in a very big container, there are thousands of eggs on the surface of the water.
I'll repot but some of my other pot plants are looking a little unhappy so working out what these things are would be really useful so I can come up with a treatment I can't do this for every plant it's taken a day just for this bamboo and I have many other pots 

All help gratefully accepted 

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  • greenwichkidbz0Wrfnigreenwichkidbz0Wrfni Posts: 3
    The problem is I can't find anything else, good to know they're not the problem, for the future perhaps it was a return of vine weevil and they've now matured? 

    Pesky blighters!! 

    Anyone have any experience of vine weevil outbreaks? I hate using chemicals 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @wild edges has vine weevil problems in some of his pots and may be able to help with their life cycle and how to deal with them.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
    greenwichkidbz0Wrfni said:
    The problem is I can't find anything else, good to know they're not the problem, for the future perhaps it was a return of vine weevil and they've now matured? 

    Pesky blighters!! 

    Anyone have any experience of vine weevil outbreaks? I hate using chemicals 
    Nematodes watered into damp soil. Parasitise the larvae. Works very well.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    edited June 2022
    The vine weevil are in their last stages now,   I have them in everything,  they have now turned into the beetle,  saw the last ones the other day with their legs.
    If only you had asked before you discarded all the soil.
    Nematode is the best thing for containers,  bit expensive for the garden though.
    You need to use them twice a year,  usually about March/April  (as you can see, they’ve done their damage for this year)  then again September/October to catch what’s been laid and hatched through the summer. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • greenwichkidbz0Wrfnigreenwichkidbz0Wrfni Posts: 3
    The soil is still in the skip I can go look at it if there is something I need to look at.

    I've only seen a couple of vine weevils this year I of course kill them on sight. 
    Although the weather in may meant I wasn't out in the garden that much.. 
    Any topical natural solutions for vine weevils? I can't be doing anything with neonicotinoids my garden is a Bee haven, most years there's a bumble Bee hive in a corner next to the conservatory. Not this year though :(
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    The same nematodes for weevil and grubs, 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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