Vine weevil grub

How much can a single grub eat?
I discovered a rootless geum. When I turned out the pot, there was only one grub. Was he voracious or have the others moved on?

 

Hi

didnt realise vine weevil liked geums , slowly over the past years I just don’t replace what they like anymore.

I think ? Too early for them to hatch out so , nothing else to eat yes it ate it all

 

I lost over 20 different forms of Geum to Vine weevil so yes they definitely like them And one is enough!

 

I too can testify to the vine weevil scourge affecting geums. However, I find that if spotted soon enough, the rhizomatous type roots allow them to recover quickly and regrow. I split an affected plant into much smaller ‘plantlets’, give them a good root wash and replant. They will sulk for a day or two but then come round. You generally get a bonus of many more plants too!

 

If you want more vine weevil can you successfully divide them?

 

where there is one there is likely dozens as the vine weevil lays many many eggs.





look at them go! busy b*stards.


no wonder they like guem as our native ones roots taste like cloves and are quite fleshy.

we had vine weevils kill a large potted cammelia once, just keeled over dead one day. ah well. dont think much can be done about them beyond attracting birds