"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 18/11/07 17:22, in article , "Robert"
wrote:

In message , Sacha
writes

When Matthew heard this story he told her that firstly vine weevils and
their grubs are not active now so she wouldn't have seen them and
secondly
that we spend over £1k per year on nematodes which we use against vine
weevil. If only she'd asked.......

Sacha

We have been using Provado for some years in all our containers which
has been reasonably successful, but as part of our effort to rely a bit
less on chemicals I was thinking of trying Nemasys. Do you apply the
nematodes once or twice a year and what is/are the optimum month(s) to
apply it from your experience?

You apply it in April and September. The soil temp needs to be about 14C
minimum. At around 26C, it becomes inactive. We use it only in September
as - touch wood - we've been using it for a long time and so have no major
problem. In 8 years I've seen one vine weevil!
However, Ray suggests that if you do have vine weevil now, you use the
control in April (when the soil temp. is right) and again in September
until
you've got it under control, then you could well get away with one autumn
treatment.


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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'
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(1) I have "off the air" so to speak for about 5 to 8 years;
Nursing a human person. We lost the fight.
Before that I lost my greenhouse crops due to vine weevils.
I have , more or less, at last got my house and garden and all there-in
stabilised and back to the standard they previously were.

(2).......Correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember, - way back in
time, - a Law coming into use which said that anyone caught killing black
SlugS would be hauled before the Courts and fined heavily The reason given
was that it upsets the balance of the various species and deprives nature of
keeping a proper balance among the "Grub" species , thus putting it out of
kilter thus causing the upsetting of the true natural balance in the earth's
soil.
Please note, :-
(A) - This is not a foolish joke.
(B) - I drink exclusively Earl Grey Tea and/or tapwater exclusively'
(C) - I am more or less sound in mind and fit in body and my financial
state is even better.
(D) - Hence, - I have no axe to grind.
Douglas Adam Denny.
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