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Help! What's Eating Our Solomon's Seal

Discussion in 'Pests, Diseases and Cures' started by shiney, Jul 4, 2012.

  1. shiney

    shiney President, Grumpy Old Men's Club Staff Member

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    The title says it all :mad: :cry3:

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    Solomon's seal sawfly lava. Same type of thing as Gooseberry sawfly. They strip the leaves and pupate in to moths and fly away to do it all over again next year.
     
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    Thanks, Pal. We'll have to give them a little holiday a long way away from the Solomon's Seal. :dbgrtmb:
     
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    The goosegog ones totally decimated one of my established goosegog bushes 3 years ago. The bush did survive, just. It did a full year of looking completely dead, now it has greened up fully for the first time since it happened, but no sign of fruit, which is a shame because it was producing well before the attack.

    So, in hindsight, I would say spray the little so and sos. Don't give them a chance.
     
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    We don't use sprays so we'll have to pick them all off. Thanks for the info.
     
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    I don't use pesticides generally either. If you pick them off, just make sure you get them all. When I was picking them off my goosegog bush, I kept thinking I'd got them all but then I'd find loads more. They seem to camoflage very well.
     
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    Thanks, clueless.
     
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