Evil weevil

Good evening all,

I dug out my strawberry plants due to a lack of growth and discovered loads of white grubs which after googling I now know to be weevil.

What can I treat my container strawberries with going forward, local garden centres only have no edible treatments.

All help grateful guys/gals


Phil




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Well I would use the non edible treatments, but then, I tend to be a bit like that.

 

The only other way I know of would be to wash the plants' roots very thoroughly, bin every last grain of the old compost and wash the container, then re-plant in fresh, reliable compost. Once the weather warms up, you could try nematodes but they're not very effective IME.....

 

Have a look here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=234 for some suggestions. Also when replanting consider a John Innes (JI) compost rather than a Multi Purpose and add some extra grit to the JI . They prefer the softer conditions ion the Multi Purpose.

 

They're a bit of a nuisance when it comes to container growing. They demolished a nice sedum which I had growing in a pot. The grubs had eaten through the roots so all of the foliage came away in my hand. I got rid of the sedum or what was left of it and scrubbed out the pot. Good luck though however you decide to tackle them.

 

Hi everyone

Thanks for your response's, there currently in a holding pen awaiting re planting.

I'll pour hot water in the pot, re wash the plants and re plant! I'm worried about my bay tree now :(


Will they return?


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they dont effect bay trees

 

There is a possibility they may return at some stage but keep a eye on it. I bring 'soft' potted plants into my conservatory for the winter and lots of ladybirds hatch out in he Spring. These start flying around we then catch and let go outside. So pot plants do attract egg laying insects.

 

Tap hanks Spruce / Hans

Phil


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