Weevils??!!

[ginger ninger]

Just lost my Acer to the little beggers!

I would be ticked off now. I've killed around 30 grubs over the last few day's, grrrrrrrr. One of mi mints was infested, it went in the bin after I'd taken all the good bit's off and popped them in water to root. I hate the dame things.

[pauco]

i went to the garden centre today and the only weevil killer i could see cudnt be used on edibles! does anyone know of something that can be used on edibles and will get rid of the little blighters!!!

Blackbirds/Starlings can! They also love Weavils


paul.

[FionaH]

Do we reckon a pot scrubbed with Fairy liquid will be clean of larvae?

[missalaska]

I've just dug out what seems like 500 white grubs from a pot. I wonder if they have any nutritional value, seeing as the husband has eaten grasshoppers and mopane worms in his life, I wondering if he'd like a serving of grubs! (Vegetarian myself.)

Will go a scrub the pot with fairy liquid too!

[Two_Sheds]

the chemical is not meant to just kill them on contact but also protect the plant systemically

Which did you use? The ones I've read about on here only last for 2-4 months

Blackbirds/Starlings ... love Weavils

They can't get to them in containers though, you'd need to shake the whole thing out, throw grubs to the birds, rinse of the soil and repot in fresh compost

Also do night time searches with a torch for the adults, which are often seen climbing up walls

Do we reckon a pot scrubbed with Fairy liquid will be clean of larvae?

Clean of larvae/grubs, not sure if some eggs would survive...? The female lays "eggs over a period of several months from April to September. The eggs are brown and less than 1mm" in size (from my link above)