Who has been nibbling my peas ?

[Two_Sheds]

Of course your potion is completely illegal

[smilingshoe]

Oh cripes is it ????

How come ........? Oh thats all I need .. no one call the cops, I think it might tip me over the edge x

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, it's totally illegal to make your own potions: Home Made Pesticides, Home Made and Traditional Pest Control


(we have to say that )

On a serious note, "1970s gardening books were suggesting making a nicotine insecticide by boiling up cigarette butts. This would not only kill pests but also beneficial insects as well. The liquid was highly poisonous and a few swigs from the lemonade bottle it was stored in would be enough to kill a child"
(taken from link above)

[smilingshoe]

Ok won't be doing that again, crikey mikey bit scared now. Didn't think of all that, I only want to deter small weevil things not kill children !

Thanks for the heads up

[Two_Sheds]

You don't need to kill the evil weevils anyway: they don't do that much damage, it's mostly cosmetic

[Sylvan]

So these aren't the same pea and bean weevils that eat your dried beans in storage? (The ones you're supposed to kill by freezing your dried beans for a couple of days)

[Two_Sheds]

These weevils don't go near the seeds (beans). The adults eat the leaves, lay eggs on the soil and the larvae eat the plant roots. They only attack peas and broad beans: http://www.which.co.uk/documents/pdf...ems-151476.pdf


The only dried beans I've had affected have been the Violetta that came from Africa (T&M). They came with a free gift! Well about a dozen free gifts actually: broad bean & beetle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[susieq100]

Ooh - I thought it was ants eating mine as I do have an ants nest near the pea row. They haven't touched the broadies though - only the peas. I was going to give them a nice shower with some very dilute ***** fluid. Would that deter the weevils too?

[Sylvan]

The only dried beans I've had affected have been the Violetta that came from Africa (T&M). They came with a free gift! Well about a dozen free gifts actually: broad bean & beetle | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Oh good. I wasn't looking forward to having to freeze them!

[Green sage]

Have trouble on my allotment with this every year, its pea and bean weevil. it is mostly cosmetic and wont affect your crop.

[Two_Sheds]

I was going to give them a nice shower with some very dilute ***** fluid.

Nope, it's illegal to use ***** as an insecticide: it's to be used as a (patio, tools etc) cleaning agent only

[Alison]

Nope, it's illegal to use ***** as an insecticide: it's to be used as a (patio, tools etc) cleaning agent only

But then again isn't it technically illegal to use weak soapy water to get rid of aphids too

[Two_Sheds]

It is if you make it specially to use on the aphids, but not if you just happen to throw your washing up water over the garden