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Inner City - Courtyard Gardening - Infestation of Vine Weevil
Dear All
I am seeking some advice please. I've done a quick search on this group but cannot immediately identify the FAQs file - any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated as I have a feeling that my questions will have been covered before. Vine Weevil. Got the blighters back again, my second year in the garden and the 2nd year they're back. Last year I picked up some std vine weevil killer from the garden centre and duly drenched pots (at the time no borders) twice, early summer and Oct time. This year, lots more work done and I now have raised beds AND the same amount of pots. I spotted the adults about 3-4 weeks ago (pale walls which they show up lovely on!) and have dealt with the obvious ones. I went onto the internet tonight to check up on other 'killers' available and found that one product has been removed from the market - one which I remember as being so much cheaper than the tiny little pots I bought at the garden centre last year. I have around 50 pots, varying sizes (most around 12 " on average), raised beds (each around 8 ft long x 3 ft high). How the heck do I drench this lot to kill the beetles without it costing the arm and leg I'm already missing? Obviously it's going to cost me more to replace the plants I've already bought if I let it go, but it's a close call buying teeny pots at £4.99-£5.99 which treats such a tiny area at a time. I'm doing the vigilant thing by keep moving the pots around to get the slugs and beetles first thing in the morning but have stopped short (yet) of torchlight. (Done it before with slugs in the last place - done away with slug pellets by enticing in hedgehogs with a certain brand of cat food, a certain other foodstore's own make didn't quite cut the crust unfortunately!!) I really want this garden to work, it's so important to me, but not at the expense of a re-occurring cost that is going to break me and take away the joy I have with making such a lovely oasis in the middle of inner-city dwelling. Perhaps I'm just being naive, and that's why the garden was SO bare of anything even remotely green when I moved in? I need to find a way of making this work. All help appreciated. Sharon |
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