I posted recently about Viburnum tinus hedging plants that had become wilted
and pathetic looking.

Someone suggested Vine Weevil. I pulled up a couple of plants, didn't find
any larvae but did discover some eggs(? - white, 2 or 3 mm, look a bit like
perlite (but not!)). I treated the plants with Bio Provado but some plants
have got worse and are now brown and crispy. I dug these up this afternoon
and as well as finding more 'perlite-type eggs' there were tiny
turquoise-blue specs/eggs (about 0.5 -1 mm) attached to the roots. Any
ideas?

I put some eggs in a jam jar to see what emerges!

Other plants in the hedge are fine - bushy and flowering! I just don't want
them to become brown and crispy as well.

tvm - John

"John Martin" wrote in message
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I posted recently about Viburnum tinus hedging plants that had become
wilted
and pathetic looking.

Someone suggested Vine Weevil. I pulled up a couple of plants, didn't find
any larvae but did discover some eggs(? - white, 2 or 3 mm, look a bit
like
perlite (but not!)).

Spherical? Cream coloured? distributed individually through the compost?

Fear not! It is Slow release fertilizer!

pk

"Paul Kelly" wrote in message
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Spherical? Cream coloured? distributed individually through the compost?

Fear not! It is Slow release fertilizer!


No - I know what they look like! The 'eggs' are slightly ovoid.

It's actually the blue 'eggs' that I really can't fathom...

On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 19:07:50 +0100, "John Martin"
wrote:

I posted recently about Viburnum tinus hedging plants that had become wilted
and pathetic looking.
I think I read in The Garden (RHS mag) that there is a new pest in
this country attacking viburnums. Gave mag to a friend so cannot
check.

Pam in Bristol
pamdotmooreatvirgindotnet

On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:49:43 +0100, Pam Moore wrote:

~On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 19:07:50 +0100, "John Martin"
wrote:
~
~I posted recently about Viburnum tinus hedging plants that had become wilted
~and pathetic looking.
~I think I read in The Garden (RHS mag) that there is a new pest in
~this country attacking viburnums. Gave mag to a friend so cannot
~check.
~
Thye did have an article in Dec 2002 about the new types of vine weevil in
the UK being particular to V. tinus.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/publications/p.../newspests.asp

But I can't remember what those five new pests are that they've announced
more recently :-( apart from one's a horse chestnut pest.


--
jane

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone,
you may still exist but you have ceased to live.
Mark Twain

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