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Post by maggy on Feb 23, 2009 22:02:22 GMT
I have seen Vine Weevil before and squashed them!! but to-day I went into the Greenhouse to tidy round a bit, I thought I would pull the sick looking leaves off a cyclamen, but when I tried to pull the whole top of the corm came up and underneath was all slimy and rotted and feeding on it and in the compost was what I thought were large maggots i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/angry.gif I took them into the garden and tipped them on the soil thinking a good feed for the robin!!!!!! Later on I went onto my laptop and looked up garden pests  I raced into the garden put my gloves on and the BL---dy things had gone!! Vine Weevil Larvae Loose in my garden it was getting dark and I was on hands and knees raking and squashing for over half an hour I hope I have got the little Beasties. I need to get some Pravo and water the plants in the conservatory as that cyclamen was in there not long ago! the question is Do I need to water the garden as well? will it work out there? I don't know why but I thought the Larvae would be brownish and these were white with googly eyes i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif just like the pic on that website. |
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Post by Tig on Feb 23, 2009 23:17:06 GMT
They get everywhere don't they! I think ladygardener posted recently that one of her primulas in a container had no roots due to vine weevil grubs! They seem to be more of a problem in pots, perhaps because their movement is restricted to just what you have growing in them  I treat most of mine with one dose of Provado in March and hope it does the trick until September .. but as you have released yours into the wild I doubt you would get good enough concentration of the product in the garden, maybe others have tried it though? They are the EVIL WEEVILs - good luck Maggy! x Tig |
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Post by snowowl on Feb 24, 2009 13:08:18 GMT
The same happend to me this week Maggy.Mine was with polyanthas.
I have drenched all my pots outside with Pravado now.
I hate VW grubs.
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Post by Penny on Feb 24, 2009 14:11:28 GMT
Hmmm, gonna have to Google Weevils, i have never heard of them?  |
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Post by snowowl on Feb 24, 2009 15:21:56 GMT
They are a menace Penny if you dont have them in Canada you realy dont want them. |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 24, 2009 15:44:05 GMT
They probably got eaten by something Maggy! I dumped some out of my fuchsias on the drive last year thinking the robin would enjoy them and then watched red ants carrying them back to their nest!
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Post by Sunnygardener on Feb 24, 2009 16:00:54 GMT
I lost two fuchsia's last year because of them. They really are horrible things.
sunny
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Post by maggy on Feb 24, 2009 20:01:15 GMT
I intended looking at my other pots to-day but daughter in law came armed with material so I helped her make curtains I must remember to look to-morrow and buy a bottle that Pravado stuff!! I think I managed to squash most of them! but if one has escaped !! |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 25, 2009 18:57:41 GMT
Gosh...I don't usually get the provado out until April......
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Post by nightowl on Mar 8, 2009 11:30:24 GMT
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Post by isabella on Mar 9, 2009 20:07:37 GMT
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Post by Tig on Mar 9, 2009 20:17:33 GMT
Sacrificial plants - thats a new one on me, but I understand why and maybe can use this knowledge to my advantage in the ongoing war on weevils   Thanks for the link x Tig |
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Post by maggy on Mar 11, 2009 18:57:54 GMT
There was soooooo many in that pot I dread to think IF that lot had hatched. |
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I treat most of mine with one dose of Provado in March and hope it does the trick until September .. but as you have released yours into the wild I doubt you would get good enough concentration of the product in the garden, maybe others have tried it though?
