Ok thanks - will resort to chemicals this once, and remember to nematode next autumn to see me thru the winter. The pots are in a GH, but unheated, and definitely dips below 5.
btw, seeing as you 2 boys are looking in ... Operation brambles and pipecleaners started last weekend. Will let you know the results in due course, on the appropriate thread
They can be anything up to and inch long - orangey head, creamy, disgusting, fat body.
Have I mentioned how much I despise them?
Definitely use nematodes to control them in the future - April and October for a big infestation. Or alternatively Provado only in pots that doth have pollinating insects visiting that plant.
Definately sounds like the dreaded vine weevil . As the various treatments are quite expensive you might find it cheaper, and easily done , if the pots are accessible to empty them out , dispose of the old compost and its little visitors, wash the roots gently and repot in fresh compost . I find this works well with polyanthus which seem to feature highly on the vine weevil menu.
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Oh well, just a thought ...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I like the way Daryl2 uses Provado for their pots,will try that way this year!
I was wondering if any other chemical could be used as a drench to kill vine weevil?
As for the garden as a whole I use the nematodes and seems to work.
Thanks folks ...thats what I've got
. Can you use the nematodes in winter, or do I have to wait til it warms up??
Ok thanks - will resort to chemicals this once, and remember to nematode next autumn to see me thru the winter. The pots are in a GH, but unheated, and definitely dips below 5
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btw, seeing as you 2 boys are looking in ... Operation brambles and pipecleaners started last weekend. Will let you know the results in due course, on the appropriate thread
UGH , ugh and ugh again - hate the blighters!
They can be anything up to and inch long - orangey head, creamy, disgusting, fat body.
Have I mentioned how much I despise them?
Definitely use nematodes to control them in the future - April and October for a big infestation. Or alternatively Provado only in pots that doth have pollinating insects visiting that plant.
Works for me.
Definately sounds like the dreaded vine weevil . As the various treatments are quite expensive you might find it cheaper, and easily done , if the pots are accessible to empty them out , dispose of the old compost and its little visitors, wash the roots gently and repot in fresh compost . I find this works well with polyanthus which seem to feature highly on the vine weevil menu.