Whats Your Choice for Vine Weevil Removal

Hi everyone,
I have a dreadful vine weevil problem in my garden, probably because I grow lots of fuchsias, primulas and succulents in pots. I do all the usual - night patrols, copper strips etc.
For the last two years I have treated pots with Green Gardener 'Nemasys' nematodes, however this year I can't afford it.
I have seen two systemic sprays on Amazon (and other sites)

Provado systemic Vine Weevil Killer 750ml concentrate
Buy new: £11.89

and - Bayer Provado Vine Weevil Killer 2 400ml
Buy new: £7.49

Has anyone used either of the above and can give a preference. Or can anyone give info. on any other control which you have found effective. Also, judging on the amount you have to use, do you think its really cheaper than the nematodes.
Thanks in anticipation of ANY advice,
Liz

 

Hi Liz I used nematodes on them last year & it cleared them I used a Provado spray
(concentrate) & mixed it on the strong side on my cabages for catapillers & it didnt work that cost me over £13. If I were you I'd stick with the nematodes

 

Mick I dont think provado says it kills caterpillars.
http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/garde...rol/pesticides/provado-bug-killer-concentrate

Best way I find is to repot prone plants each year and have a good look at the roots before winter.
Having said that, I dont grow many fuchsias, and only had problems with begonia corms.

 

Ah yes, reminds me, I found a good crop in my potted lilies this afternoon. I squashed the ones I could find. They love those lilies but hadn't touched the roots of some weeds growing in the pots.
I think I might try laying straw/sticky traps in the greenhouse. If I keep down the number of adults that will help. Small trays of sticky syrup laid around would be cheap and green, though goodness knows what else they would attract. Maybe vaseline smeared thickly round the edges of pots would also do the trick. I've never done the torch thing, too lazy.
One year I tried soaking each pot in a solution of liquid derris or pyrethrum (this was recommended to me) but it smelt so horrible I didn't want to do it again, no idea if it actually worked.
I have considered buying the chemical VW killer but apart from the expense, I hate using it.
Although they are about in my garden, for the past couple of years nothing obvious has actually died as a result of them. So maybe we have reached a happy state of tolerant co-existence? If they kill off something precious like my expensive brugmansias it will be all-out war again, though.

 

I know that I have vine weevils in the garden because of the yearly decimation of my fuchsias while overwintering in the greenhouse. I don't have a problem outdoors, but having had the same trouble for several years [losing well-grown plants and finding larvae feasting on the roots in spring] I decided to try to find a cure this year. I googled Provado and found as I thought that because it is systemic, it will travel into pollen and affect bees etc, even in low concentrations, long after the vine weevil larvae are killed, so I don't want to use chemicals. I've never used nematodes for any plant as they tend to be expensive, but this seems the only route. But having just cleaned all the compost in which the larvae were found, am I wasting my time applying it now? I never see vine weevil eggs, I think they are quite small, and seldom see an adult. Shall I wait until I have fuchsias in growth and try then and in the Autumn?
Any advice on this from fuchsia lovers would be very welcome before I give up trying to grow fuchsias.