Help!!! It's Alive!!!!
I have just moved from se qld to nth qld, and brought my geranium collection
with me. I had collected several different varities over the last few years, nothing unusual, but it was a start. So I planted them in my garden, and lo and behold, they started wilting. i dug them up to inspect, and the soil was squirming with countless small brown cockroaches. They had tunneled all the way up the stems, eating them until the mummified core was all that was left. AAaaaagghh!!!! It's too late for my geraniums, but is there any way that i can get rid of the cockroaches? Pleeease help!!! |
"meee" wrote in message ... I have just moved from se qld to nth qld, and brought my geranium collection with me. I had collected several different varities over the last few years, nothing unusual, but it was a start. So I planted them in my garden, and lo and behold, they started wilting. i dug them up to inspect, and the soil was squirming with countless small brown cockroaches. They had tunneled all the way up the stems, eating them until the mummified core was all that was left. AAaaaagghh!!!! It's too late for my geraniums, but is there any way that i can get rid of the cockroaches? Pleeease help!!! Hmmm ... I never had any problems with geraniums in NQ (Atherton). We have the brown cockroaches in our garden here (Brisbane) but they've never done any harm to the plants so ... i dunno?? ("Bertie" the Bandicoot did destroy a lot of my young plants in NQ though ... but in a very different way ;). We had great neighbours that gave us cuttings of whatever plant we wanted from their gardens and who had a great knowledge on what would and wouldn't grow ... and how most things grow like steam in the warm humid climate... anybody local you can ask ... or maybe find a good local garden centre?? Sorry I'm no help Amanda |
A&G&K&H wrote in message ... "meee" wrote in message ... I have just moved from se qld to nth qld, and brought my geranium collection with me. I had collected several different varities over the last few years, nothing unusual, but it was a start. So I planted them in my garden, and lo and behold, they started wilting. i dug them up to inspect, and the soil was squirming with countless small brown cockroaches. They had tunneled all the way up the stems, eating them until the mummified core was all that was left. AAaaaagghh!!!! It's too late for my geraniums, but is there any way that i can get rid of the cockroaches? Pleeease help!!! Hmmm ... I never had any problems with geraniums in NQ (Atherton). We have the brown cockroaches in our garden here (Brisbane) but they've never done any harm to the plants so ... i dunno?? ("Bertie" the Bandicoot did destroy a lot of my young plants in NQ though ... but in a very different way ;). We had great neighbours that gave us cuttings of whatever plant we wanted from their gardens and who had a great knowledge on what would and wouldn't grow ... and how most things grow like steam in the warm humid climate... anybody local you can ask ... or maybe find a good local garden centre?? Sorry I'm no help Amanda yeah, it's probably my best bet. cockroaches are notoriously hard to kill, and i have animals and children, so i'm not into harsh chemicals. The other thing that i thought may be linked to the cockroach problem, is that the last tenant has mulched the garden with lawn clippings. could that be attracting the roaches? they are different from indoor cockies, being hard shelled, almost like a beetle, but they are definitely cockroaches. They tunneled their way all through the stems. |
"meee" wrote in message ... yeah, it's probably my best bet. cockroaches are notoriously hard to kill, and i have animals and children, so i'm not into harsh chemicals. The other thing that i thought may be linked to the cockroach problem, is that the last tenant has mulched the garden with lawn clippings. could that be attracting the roaches? they are different from indoor cockies, being hard shelled, almost like a beetle, but they are definitely cockroaches. They tunneled their way all through the stems. I'm in the same boat ... two little kids and I love the animal visitors we get (of the native variety), so no nasty chemicals in this garden. I'm not sure but the cockies may be native and a normal and healthy part of the detrious .... but once again check with the neighbours or maybe if there is a Greening Australia office there? I know there's a good EPA nursery but its up on the Tablelands and they'd probably be able to let you know what to do. I know they are in our garden (the cockroaches that is ... and the garden is heavily mulched) but seem to leave the plants alone (including the young bean shoots that look so inviting that *I* want to eat them). I'm just wondering if you can beg some cuttings from neighbours and get something established in the garden ... and maybe see if it was a one off or if its just geraniums that they like ;) Sorry again Amanda |
A&G&K&H wrote in message ... "meee" wrote in message ... yeah, it's probably my best bet. cockroaches are notoriously hard to kill, and i have animals and children, so i'm not into harsh chemicals. The other thing that i thought may be linked to the cockroach problem, is that the last tenant has mulched the garden with lawn clippings. could that be attracting the roaches? they are different from indoor cockies, being hard shelled, almost like a beetle, but they are definitely cockroaches. They tunneled their way all through the stems. I'm in the same boat ... two little kids and I love the animal visitors we get (of the native variety), so no nasty chemicals in this garden. I'm not sure but the cockies may be native and a normal and healthy part of the detrious .... but once again check with the neighbours or maybe if there is a Greening Australia office there? I know there's a good EPA nursery but its up on the Tablelands and they'd probably be able to let you know what to do. I know they are in our garden (the cockroaches that is ... and the garden is heavily mulched) but seem to leave the plants alone (including the young bean shoots that look so inviting that *I* want to eat them). I'm just wondering if you can beg some cuttings from neighbours and get something established in the garden ... and maybe see if it was a one off or if its just geraniums that they like ;) Sorry again Amanda yes, there are plenty of tropical plants in the garden, so maybe it's just the more succulent plants they attack...I'll just have to grow succulent things in pots on the verandah. Which other plants do they not eat? I'm wanting to put out some herbs and annuals, but I'm not sure what they'll eat. |
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