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Something's eating my plants!
Leigh_M
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Please can you help me identify what's eating my plants (clematis, choisia, and something else) and what I can do about it.
Thank you!
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In the sticks near Peterborough
Think you've got some vine weevils. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=234
I use nematodes to deal with them - I applied them to a border 4 or 5 years ago and there's not been a problem since.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you. I'll try that.
Leigh_ M
have you been out with a torch at night earwigs do a lot of damage in my garden eg budleija sunflowers clematis ect
I also struggle with similar issues that turned out to be earwigs. My clematis was worst.
Earwigs murder my clematis. I mentioned it on a thread ages ago and Richard the clematis man seemed to agree.
You can set traps for them by putting straw/hay in an upside down pot. They're a nightmare. If you have any overhangs or ledges, that's where they'll be.
I agree with you on this one. An absolute nightmare this year PP. I put out a plastic cup half full of 3/4 soy sauce and 1/4 olive oil, they are attracted by the sweet scent and can't escape once fallen in. I must of caught 30-40+.
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