Gosh! Overrun! I nearly get a nervous breakdown if I find one! When I was first learing to gtarden I had a whole row of small perennials that keeled over and proved to have not roots and I was so disappointed that I've been neurotic about grubs in the soil ever since. Actually, I think those particular plants were eaten by the grubs of Daddy Long Legs, leatherjackets. I've since discovered that you can test for their presence by putting a piece of black plastic on the ground overnight and killing the grubs that have risen to the surface under it in the morning. no help for vine weevil grubs, though. I have clematis in pots and this year I am going to put parcel tape around them in a wide band and smear it with insect barrier glue (available on Amazon) since this is supposed to keep vine weevils away.
Just repotted my Fig and the top inch of compost was rank with the horrible blighters, threw them for the birds. They are bigger than maggots and are curly - gross.
Just repotted my Fig, the top inch of compost was lousy with the horribles, bigger than maggots and curly, threw them for the birds. Could be my fault for using old grow bag compost, just haven't the heart to throw it away, or dump it on the beds.
When I first started to read this post about vine weevils, I was thinking 'Hmm, there's some great ideas here'. I've just got my box of Nemasys vine weevil nematodes and popped them in the fridge. It's nearly lunchtime and I was feeling peckish when I read Verdun and Fairygirl's posts - - great! Now I just feel queasy. Bleugh!
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Florence and Symphony strawberries are said to be resistant to vine weevils. I'm overun with the things but results are good so far.
Gosh! Overrun! I nearly get a nervous breakdown if I find one! When I was first learing to gtarden I had a whole row of small perennials that keeled over and proved to have not roots and I was so disappointed that I've been neurotic about grubs in the soil ever since. Actually, I think those particular plants were eaten by the grubs of Daddy Long Legs, leatherjackets. I've since discovered that you can test for their presence by putting a piece of black plastic on the ground overnight and killing the grubs that have risen to the surface under it in the morning. no help for vine weevil grubs, though. I have clematis in pots and this year I am going to put parcel tape around them in a wide band and smear it with insect barrier glue (available on Amazon) since this is supposed to keep vine weevils away.
I always top dress my pots with gravel as it looks better/stops dehydration etc so maybe that's why I don't seem to get probs with them.
Perhaps a stir fry is the way to go Verd? They'd be a good sub for prawns..
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Do you mean stir fry?
I stick with prawns Verd...I'm not that daft!!
Off to work now, catch up later
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When I first started to read this post about vine weevils, I was thinking 'Hmm, there's some great ideas here'. I've just got my box of Nemasys vine weevil nematodes and popped them in the fridge. It's nearly lunchtime and I was feeling peckish when I read Verdun and Fairygirl's posts -
- great! Now I just feel queasy. Bleugh! 