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Hi,
I’m looking for some advice on what we believe is a weevil problem.
We had a bush that was being attacked by something and after some research and going out at night o look at it we easily saw lots of weevils on it - which agreed with the leaf damage we were seeing.
we treated it with a spray on the bush and separately with a solution into the soil around the roots. However, after another month or so it has got worse so we are thinking that probably the grubs have attacked the roots too much and the plant is dying.
I suppose my main question is should we dig up the bush now, remove the roots and dispose of as many weevil grubs in the soil as we can find before they might move along to the next plant? Once removed we could also treat the area with nematode worms to kill larvae.
In the photos it is the tall bush on a small trunk and the bush to the immediate left of that which have been attacked initially.
Any advice/knowledge appreciated,
Tom
I’m looking for some advice on what we believe is a weevil problem.
We had a bush that was being attacked by something and after some research and going out at night o look at it we easily saw lots of weevils on it - which agreed with the leaf damage we were seeing.
we treated it with a spray on the bush and separately with a solution into the soil around the roots. However, after another month or so it has got worse so we are thinking that probably the grubs have attacked the roots too much and the plant is dying.
I suppose my main question is should we dig up the bush now, remove the roots and dispose of as many weevil grubs in the soil as we can find before they might move along to the next plant? Once removed we could also treat the area with nematode worms to kill larvae.
In the photos it is the tall bush on a small trunk and the bush to the immediate left of that which have been attacked initially.
Any advice/knowledge appreciated,
Tom