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Weevils (Grubs)

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I was repotting one of my HBWR today and to my suprise when i took it out of it's old pot I found that the roots were swarming with weevils.

My question is - Does anyone know of a good way to get rid of weevils?

When I found them I hosed the roots off (until I could find no more weevils) and repotted the plant.

After doing an internet search I have found that Neem Oil or systemic insecticide are recommended. Does anyone have any experience with either of these methods of control?

Thanks for your help.

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Never had weevils in roots, but sometimes we get them in seed. For precious seed we don't sell we use a very light dusting of carbaryl powder (a pinch in a large jam jar 3/4 full of seed shaken for 2 minutes). For seed we sell which should remain organic we use pyrethrum daisy dust - it is not as effective and not as reliable.

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Thanks Torsten. I should have been more specific (my bad).

The weevils are still in the larval stage (grubs). I'm glad I found them before they had a chance to reach adulthood.

I'm also having a real problem with ants. Do you know any effective controls for ants?

Thanks again.

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:

I'm also having a real problem with ants. Do you know any effective controls for ants?

If you use the search button you'll find there have been a few threads on ants before. Don't know if all the pages are back after the crash yet tho'.

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