I think that every garden in the country must be plagued with these awful creatures, dig them up and lay them out for the birds, how many of these insects have been imported in the vast number of plants that flown into this country every year.
I'm very familiar with vine weevils having caught and crushed hundreds over the years, but I can't say I know what their grubs look like, so wouldn't it be possible for GW to do a feature on pests and show pictures of the adults and grubs. It would also be very useful to identify which insects are good for the garden and which aren't.
I have used Provado on and off but I still have Vine weevils. I believe it only works if you use it twice yearley. I do not use it now as one of the instructions is ( apply away from bees ). Figure that one out. Gerrut66
The adults do like to bask in the sun on warm/hot days, easy to see them if you have a light coloured wall then just 'pop' them. The Grubs look like fat Stuby Magotts with a amber/Brown heads. If you find them feasting on your plant roots in a pot or container, best thing to do is get yourself one of those plastic trays used for mixing cement/concreat from b&q and empty the pot into it, Let the birds their thing
if you want to look at pic's of them best thing is to google them
I clearly have had this vine weevil thingy for 18 months now and have been using garden centre remedies but it is driving me mad and spreading round my garden. My husband and I went out in the evening a couple of times but I cannot see anything!
There must be another way to distiguish this pest!
A new Wisteria Floribunda Cascade Grated version, was put into the ground with proprietory compost and started shooting up with a vigorous grow tip. All the small young leaves at the top, 5ft up, are being eaten by something not visible - whatever is chewing is very vigorous. I am about to apply nematodes to the soil. Have tried a general purpose 'green fly' spray to no avail. Help?
they love heuchera in pots,fesh potted plants with new loose compost,plastic planters =warmer compost they don'tlike established potted plants less room to lay eggs teracotta pots=colder colder compost provado vineweevil killer
I have the most horrendous vine weevil problem everything was eaten last year. I have tried nematodes and provado but with little effect. In desparation i dug up the worst ones and found the grubs , removed them the plant and soil, but to do this with my whole garden will cost a fortune. I find it totally demoralising, is there any plants they dont like ?. I have found on the underside of the plants as well,and found them mating on the plants too, and i have actually found them indoors which is really worrying as we dont have any plants indoors. Most of my plants were brought from garden centres where i think they are imported from abroad, could they have eggs in them?. Im not sure what to do next really the nematodes are applied twice yearly as per instructions and the same with the proado. What is the answer to this awful problem.
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It would also be very useful to identify which insects are good for the garden and which aren't.
I believe it only works if you use it twice yearley. I do not use it now as one of the instructions is ( apply away from bees ).
Figure that one out.
Gerrut66
The Grubs look like fat Stuby Magotts with a amber/Brown heads.
If you find them feasting on your plant roots in a pot or container, best thing to do is get yourself one of those plastic trays used for mixing cement/concreat from b&q and empty the pot into it, Let the birds their thing
if you want to look at pic's of them best thing is to google them
There must be another way to distiguish this pest!
Can anyone help! It is spoiling my plants!
Help?
they don'tlike
established potted plants less room to lay eggs teracotta pots=colder colder compost
provado vineweevil killer
I have the most horrendous vine weevil problem everything was eaten last year. I have tried nematodes and provado but with little effect. In desparation i dug up the worst ones and found the grubs , removed them the plant and soil, but to do this with my whole garden will cost a fortune. I find it totally demoralising, is there any plants they dont like ?. I have found on the underside of the plants as well,and found them mating on the plants too, and i have actually found them indoors which is really worrying as we dont have any plants indoors. Most of my plants were brought from garden centres where i think they are imported from abroad, could they have eggs in them?. Im not sure what to do next really the nematodes are applied twice yearly as per instructions and the same with the proado. What is the answer to this awful problem.