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I have problems with sawfly and want to know the best way to control it ,when annd how.
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Hello rcavan and welcome to the vine
I can't help with your problem apart from giving you a couple of forum links :-
Growing Gooseberries | How To Grow | Grow Your Own
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...fly_86504.html
hope this helps until someone comes along with more advice.Location....East Midlands. -
Welcome to the vine.
Sorry to say that the only effective solution I have found is a systemic insecticide. If you use it when you see the first ones it will destroy that generation and there by the next two as well. I find that it is only necessary to use it about once every three years.Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poetComment
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I might try the foxglove spray method as my infested whitecurrant is in my back garden where I have quite a few foxgloves each year. The bush was clear until one year when I decided to get a cheap gooseberry from Wilko, planted nearby and it's been infested ever since so I guess that brought them in. Usually I just go out there squishing them on the underside of affected leaves, which is not the pleasantest task, is time consuming and simply reduces the damage rather than eradicating them.Comment
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pyrethrin might be worth trying - plant-based non-persistent insecticideComment
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Reply to Heated mat for Tom's and chilliesI use a mix of six scoops of compost three scoops of sand/grit and two scoops of perlite,the quantity is unimportant as long as the ratio is the same, if for seeds I use this mix, if I am potting on I add some blood, fish and bone, along with a small quantity of chicken manure pellets
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