Thanks your such a positive response - makes me really happy to see I'm not alone in worrying about thus.
im not anti every chemical under the sun (I occasionally use fungicides on my fruit trees), but when wildlife can be hurt, then I find I'm too reluctant to risk it.
However, watching one's hard work and money wither and die in weeks, due to a pest as serious as vine weevil, is both disheartening and not something I'm willing to stomach.
Chives?! How interesting Julian!
i shall definitely try that first!
Will also follow Verdun's tip on at least removing my gardenia from its pot and checking it for grubs. Shame I can't do the same to my beds...
Roll on Spring and then the little b***ers will get a blast of 5 million nematodes like they've never had before
Has anyone used garlic spray as a repellent for the adults?
interesting article here below on legislation- so proud my country voted against
I have a small pond and over the years as my frog population as grown ... My slug damage on my plants has vanished . To keep the green fly off my roses I plant under or close to the ramblers and bush roses chives or garlic, it works a treat .
Somebody mentioned a salt water soak and I would have thought that would completely contaminate the soil so that nothing could grow. However, does anybody know if just standing a container in a bowl of water for a day would cause the vine weevil to drown? It certainly works for ants and wood lice.
Thanks Annie- another vote for chives then! I wonder what it is about their scent or bulb that deters weevils...weevils also leave any aromatic plant alone- they hate my Mexican orange blossom, for example, and my bay tree. Not heard anything about salt water Angela, though would imagine you're absolutely right not to want to put that in the soil itself.
The. grubs totally destroyed my strawberry plants. I tried nematodes with little success There are no chemicals you can use on edible plants But I got rid of them by putting at least 2 inches of medium course gravel tight around each plant making sure not to leave any space for adult weevils to lay eggs.The adults have pads on their feet to help them climb (they cant fly ) and they wont cross anything that scratches these pads.I am going to use the chives as well
@Jess in the garden and everyone, a really neat answer is to plunge your pots in water for 2 days. I put my pots in a plastic trug with a good depth of water to submerge the actual pot and all soil. The grubs die. It's great and totally harmless to wildlife Spread the news, not the chemicals x
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Thanks your such a positive response - makes me really happy to see I'm not alone in worrying about thus.
im not anti every chemical under the sun (I occasionally use fungicides on my fruit trees), but when wildlife can be hurt, then I find I'm too reluctant to risk it.
However, watching one's hard work and money wither and die in weeks, due to a pest as serious as vine weevil, is both disheartening and not something I'm willing to stomach.
Chives?! How interesting Julian!
i shall definitely try that first!
Will also follow Verdun's tip on at least removing my gardenia from its pot and checking it for grubs. Shame I can't do the same to my beds...
Roll on Spring and then the little b***ers will get a blast of 5 million nematodes like they've never had before
Has anyone used garlic spray as a repellent for the adults?
interesting article here below on legislation- so proud my country voted against
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLE7C681ADF9DEC410&v=-2MQthEYGsI&feature=plpp
Thanks Brum -send me a bottle will you
Your concoction sounds more lethal than mine!
i already use a home-made spray on roses and it seems to do the job for aphids, but wondering if it'll deter the dreaded weevil adult.
Did it work?
could you still step into your garden and not pass out from the fumes?
Works a treat on aphids - and cats!
Ah, you should be living in Greece or Italy- no neighbour there would give two hoots about garlic fumes over a garden fence
You're so right about hostas - only thing that saved mine was the garlic pong!
I have a small pond and over the years as my frog population as grown ... My slug damage on my plants has vanished . To keep the green fly off my roses I plant under or close to the ramblers and bush roses chives or garlic, it works a treat .
Somebody mentioned a salt water soak and I would have thought that would completely contaminate the soil so that nothing could grow. However, does anybody know if just standing a container in a bowl of water for a day would cause the vine weevil to drown? It certainly works for ants and wood lice.
The. grubs totally destroyed my strawberry plants. I tried nematodes with little success There are no chemicals you can use on edible plants But I got rid of them by putting at least 2 inches of medium course gravel tight around each plant making sure not to leave any space for adult weevils to lay eggs.The adults have pads on their feet to help them climb (they cant fly ) and they wont cross anything that scratches these pads.I am going to use the chives as well
@Jess in the garden and everyone, a really neat answer is to plunge your pots in water for 2 days. I put my pots in a plastic trug with a good depth of water to submerge the actual pot and all soil. The grubs die. It's great and totally harmless to wildlife Spread the news, not the chemicals x