"sam" wrote
Mel wrote:
I had been planting up my tubs on the patio and tipped out a pot with
an astilbe in, no plant but plenty of the above pests , on further
investigations a number of my pots had the vermin. I have sinced
removed all contents from the patio and have treated a couple of
shrubs in pots with Aprovel. Do these pests like the garden borders
or is it just pots? WilI ever be rid or am I stuck with them
forever?

It is only in the last thirty or forty years that vine weevil has
become a common pest. It was said to be due to the increasing use of
peat-based composts.Do you use them in your containers?
I suggest you re-pot one or two of your affected plants in JI compost
to see if it makes any difference.I always use it and hardly see a
vine weevil these days.Better than using poison.

Vine weevils manage very well in the borders of my garden,
unfortunately, and they don't have any peat there. Photinia seems to be
a favourite shrub to nibble and the grubs also turn up particularly
under sedums and heuchera IME. Strangely I haven't so far had problems
with them in potted outdoor plants though (she said, touching wood).

You sometimes read that the adults only come out at night but I've seen
them wandering around in broad daylight quite often. I caught one once
in full sun on a hot day, climbing determinedly straight up the glass of
the kitchen window, and twice found one in the bathroom. I suppose it
makes a change from spiders.

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Sue