any advice about vine weevil?

[debbiedigger]

Hi there

I have been finding vine weevil grubs every where even in my seedling tomato plants which I have had to bin.

My garden is small but I do try to grow fruit and veg and I have to use containers I also have a small allotment that I grow spuds brassicas tomatoes beetroot etc on.
At home I recently planted a dwarf root stock apple tree in a container that the previous year I had grown runner beans in the old soil was full of grubs which I tipped out and let the chooks scratch through for the juicy morsels obviously the trees in fresh soil now but
I'm sure like my salad bed, peas etc that imminent invasion is inevitable. I have ordered nemetodes cos I can'nt use pesticides on fruit n veg...but my biggest fear is that I will contaminate my allotment when planting out my young brassicas etc . How effective can I hope the nemetodes to be ? and are there any hints or other advice that can help me deal with this problem?

Many thanks folks Debbie

[Florence Fennel]

I can't answer your question, but hi Debbie and welcome to the Vine. This section is mainly for saying "Hello", so have a look on Pests and Diseases, use the search button, or post in Vegging Out. Oh and could you put your location into your profile so we can tell what the climate is like in your part of the country?

[Two_Sheds]

control methods here: Vine weevil / Royal Horticultural Society

[Bigmallly]

Welcome to the vine DD, hope you get your problem sorted.

[MyLifeWithAndrew]

Hello and welcome to the vine, debbie.
I hope you get the weevil issue removed.

control methods here: Vine weevil / Royal Horticultural Society

Thanks TS.....good info here.
Have seen these before, but had no idea what they were.

[Jeanied]

Welcome to the vine DD. Vine weevils are quite selective and usually favour pots. I had to rinse out the roots of my strawberry plants before planting on the plot as they were infested with them in the containers, but they eventually recovered.