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Samantha Turner
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Can anybody tell which is the best spray to buy to spot things eating my plants, I have put down slug pellets but still doing it !!!!!!
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Samantha you need to identify your 'enemy' before firing off 'ammo'. Which plants are under attack, as plants have specific pests with very particular tastes.
NB some insects are beneficial so 'blanket bombing' everything can remove natural predators like wasps, some beetles and spiders which will make things even worse. Can you tell us which plants are getting munched? We can then give you some strategies & recipes for tackling the little beggars.
Hollyhock, hosta, clematis, rhododendron, begonias mainly !!!!
Rhododendron???? I think the Dorset Wildlife Trust and others might like to know what's after your rhodes. Various organisations in Dorset spend a lot of time and effort trying to stop them growing.
Hmm, rhododendron could be under attack by vine weevil. Are rounded nibbles missing along the leaf edges Samantha? They are partial to many plants and are mostly night raiders. If you go at night with a torch and put a an upturned brolly under the leaves and give the rhodos a shuggle the weevils will fall into the brolly.
There is a spray for them but better still there are nematodes that target them,and as they have a larval stage in the soil over winter, nematode treatment is more effective.
Good luck!
Ok thank you very much!!!