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Skimea pics i hope again
Alan4711
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That looks like the dreaded vine weevil Alan
We found that watering on nematodes really worked
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hi Dove ,sorry to ask i know nothing about vine weevil,wot is it and what do you look for to find it please,perhaps a burn would be best, by the way you cant tell but its in a big tub.
This thread will show you what the adults look like - they come out at night - when we had a lot of them I'd go out in the evening with a torch and look on and under the leaves and squidge them.
The real b*****ds are their grubs which look like this
They live underground and eat the roots of your plants - they particularly like primulas and love to get into pots of nice compost with lots of lovely plant roots.
Get a load of nematodes - I got mine via Amazon - and water them into the soil - you then have to keep the soil moist for a while - they sorted the problem for us.
You can only do it in the summer when the soil is above a certain temperature and as the nematodes are alive you have to water them on pretty soon after you receive them.
Good luck - you'll probably have to be very nice to Kate to get her to cart watering cans full of water and nematodes around
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Cor blimey,don't they know iv got enough problems at the moment right many thanks Dove for that wonderful news Amazon here i come,iv noticed the other one has slight damage as well,Cheers for that Dove
Thanks Edd - I forgot the link
More info here Alan http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=234
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Got that as well many thanks Edd, Dove.