Forum home Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Peas

falinnfalinn Posts: 2

Something is eating the roots of my peas. I'm thinking it's grubs, but You Bet Your Garden's Mike McGrath, says grubs won't do that? The plants are not eaten...no slugs. I have a lot of large, brown grubs ( June bugs?). Any suggestions? Thanks, frank

Posts

  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093

    are they cutworms? if you can identify what it is there are nematodes for most things. Or you could try one of the 'grow your own' mixed nematode types. Not cheap but generally effective IF you can be sure what you have is one of the species they target

    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • falinnfalinn Posts: 2

    Never saw a cutworm in my garden. I've found a lot of large, dark brown grubs, not the white, lawn kind. I know grubs eat roots, so that's my thinking. I think nematodes would be the cure. f

Sign In or Register to comment.