[Poolman]

Hi all,

My strawberry plants are having a good year with lots of big fruit (just waiting for the redness),but on checking today have noticed lots of white foam on the plants and a bit of digging online shows this to be weevil?

Any advice in this and will it ruin the crop?! What shall I do?

[JayG]

Strawberry weevil is a new one on me (were you looking at US websites?)

Sounds more like cuckoo spit, which protects the young froghopper within and doesn't usually cause many problems - if that's the case you don't have to do anything.

[sunshineband]

If it worries you then blast it off with a squirt of water

[Poolman]

Hey jay, yes it was a us site by the looks. Will give it a blast tonight with some water. I'll try and get some pics first

[Yorkie]

Link to RHS page on cuckoo spit here.

[Poolman]

Ah spot on looks just like the pic, once again thanks very much