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Fuschia problem

On 13/09/2012 in forum

't get heat from sun after 2pm, is well watered and fed with Miracle grow twice since May. There is no sign of Vine weevil and all other plants in the border look OK. The plant is in its second year Any ideas?? When you say there are no signs of vine


Talkback: Growing auriculas

On 31/03/2013 in forum

have lost count of the number of auriculas that the vine weevils have destroyed. I keep my collection in terracotta pots in cat litter trays in a 4 tier mini greenhouse. The cat litter trays are great for watering as no water drips onto the plants


Weevils

On 16/01/2008 in Wildlife

vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, but smaller, rounder and hairier. It was this I had under the microscope.It turns out to be Otiorhynchus setosulus, a Sicilian endemic. How on Earth had it come to Bluewater? The only conclusion I can draw


Bee news from The Beeb, Eu Ban pesticide

On 30/04/2013 in forum

Bug Killer or Vine Weevil Killer.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9988139/Supermarkets-and-garden-centres-still-selling-pesticides-blamed-for-killing-bees.html Recently the influential Environmental Audit Committee said there was no need


Small green eggs? in compost.

On 03/04/2012 in forum

well after being invaded by vine weevil.  Does anyone know what this is? Hi Pink Wellies, I read your posting with interest as I have never seen anything like this until today!! I opened up a new bag of peat free compost from homebase and found one


Heuchera's

On 02/03/2012 in forum

by taking cuttings, well some do!! Do watch out for the dreaded vine weevil, they love them..... what are the cultural conditions? i have friends who grow them with basically no care-benign neglect at its best. mine languish and decline-slowly and miserably


fusias

On 22/06/2012 in forum

varieties or trailing look fine. Vine weevils can be a pest- you would see the tell-tale leaf notches if the pot got infested. Hardy ones can survive a reasonable winter in large, well insulated pots, but I always take cuttings of mine every year


Pollen beetles

On 18/10/2011 in Problems: Flowers

More common garden pestsRosemary leaf beetleLily beetleVine weevilThrips


Sedum

On 19/08/2012 in forum

of the damage so we can see whether it's vine weevil or something else - or at least take an educated guess


Sambucus

On 06/09/2012 in forum

the leaves. The leaves open then latter in the year about July time they are all nibbled.. No sign of caerpillars etc .Any ideas please. If the edges are nibbled it could be Vine Weevil, any chance of a photo. I suggest slugs may be the problem. I seem


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