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Growing => General Gardening => Topic started by: celtbhoy on April 04, 2007, 21:04

Title: nightmare
Post by: celtbhoy on April 04, 2007, 21:04

was just moving a large lupin i have had for years,well i first sowed the seed 5yrs ago and have taken seed from it since.
anyway as i dug it up i seen that it was badly infected with VINE WEEVIL i dug out all the soil in the bed and dumped it, then i washed the whole roots before replanting it in fresh compost.
anyone have the same problem?
CB

Title: nightmare
Post by: jackiestagg on April 07, 2007, 20:28

I get terrible vine weevil in pots and I have tried that Provado stuff - don't bother, i did them twice and the plants still got  destroyed. In the garden I get them but they don't seem to do major damage. Despite the huge cost, I'm going to try the organic nematode solution this year - I've used the slug nematodes and the scale insect ladybirds and they do work. In the end, organic always seems to be best