squidge Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 evening allam finding hundreds of these creamy grub little rascals in the soil at the mo. apparently they invaded the ariege about five years ago and are everywhere...... and eat everything. bit upset to find that i've got to wait until late july before i can attack the things with miniworms as i'm worried that my new mega veg patch will prove 'fruitless' whilst they're still around to root munch.does anyone know of a french mail order supplier for the nematodes ..... or an english one that'll deliver to france?! i'm ordering a batch for the fridge as soon as i can.thanks!squidge x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 Hi SquidgeYou could start here - I DK if the UK suppliers listed ship to France but you can ask. There are some European suppliers but no mention of France.http://www.chafersurvey.com/treatment.htmlHere is the email address of the suppliers of the product they are talking about - you could ask them if they will supply to France directly or if they have French outlets.[email protected]And here is their website:http://www.beckerunderwood.com/[img]http://www.rootrainers.co.uk/gardeners/protection/chafergrub?view=813[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thanks also from me, Cassis, as I've also got loads of chafer bugs in my compost heap mainly. I throw them out into the middle of the road, hoping for a grateful predator.Unfortunately I think that the cat might have acquired a taste for them Yuk.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasD Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I have an infestation of these critters! I live on the Normandy/Picardy border. I think this lot came in in a bought bag of soil. I had not noticed them before last year. Last year I had planted some potatoes in a potato planter. In one of these the potatoes just died halfway through their growing season. When I emptied out the planter (June), the soil was riddled with these things. Then later in the year when I was digging up one of my veg beds at the end of the season (November) I noticed they were there too. Does anyone know if I am right in thinking I have b(r)ought these grubs in, or are they quite widespread? I noticed on the website Cassis posted that they say you should register an infestation. The website also suggests applying the nematodes during August to October. Does this mean that I am wasting my time doing (growing veg rather than applying the nematodes, or both??) anything between now and August? [:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Registering an infestation is probably only for Britain like colorado beetle. I didn't realise that they were localised in Britain. I recall coming out of a restaurant in Cheshire a few years ago via an outside staircase and crunching through the may bugs which are the adult form! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 If they are in your compost they are friendlies, this link is superb.http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/larva-guide/index.htmlChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thank you for that great link, Chris. I will leave them be in the compost, even though I find them particularly revolting[+o(]. I don't think I could ever bring myself to eat one, even after snapping their head off, like they do on some tropical islands...Granted, nobody is asking me to eat them.They do look very full of protein and really wholesome for the right kind of predator, that's why I would leave them on the cement... I thought maybe my beloved toad(s), or a hedgehog, or some bird, might be really pleased with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Great Link Chris.......................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidge Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 [quote user="Cassis"]Hi SquidgeYou could start here - I DK if the UK suppliers listed ship to France but you can ask. There are some European suppliers but no mention of France.http://www.chafersurvey.com/treatment.htmlHere is the email address of the suppliers of the product they are talking about - you could ask them if they will supply to France directly or if they have French outlets.[email protected]And here is their website:http://www.beckerunderwood.com/[img]http://www.rootrainers.co.uk/gardeners/protection/chafergrub?view=813[/img][/quote] splendid! i shall ask sue gibb ..... i'll let you all know what she says.....thanks! (as always) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidge Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 unfortunately they don't cover france............ hey but i've just found this - http://www.jardin-bio.com/boutic/bou_list.cgi?codefam=aux&codesfam=Han.&lang=shall be buying some sharpish.french call the buggers 'larves de hanneton' or 'ver blanc'.... just in case anyone didn't know..... and cared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 We get a lot of this here too and I have found this website:http://boutique.aujardin.info/The nematode to look for on the page is HETERORHABDITIS BACTERIOPHORA[quote]Les nématodes de cette espèce, sont des vers microscopiquesinoffensifs et très actifs, capables de contrôler rapidement les larvesde coléoptères ou vers blancs.Ils pénètrent par les orifices naturels ou directement par la paroidu corps des larves. Les nématodes se multiplient à l’intérieur de lalarve. Cette dernière prend alors une couleur rouge-brune. En sedécomposant, la larve libère une nouvelle génération de nématodes, quipartent à la recherche de nouvelles victimes.Milieu: Extérieur Conditions d’application: sol humide, T° du sol pas < 12 °C, présence de larves lors du traitement.Surface: jusqu'à 50 M2Conditionnement: Adultes en sachets à mélanger avec de l'eau et à épandre sur le sol.Délai éventuel de préparation : 10 joursAttention votre auxiliaire est un organisme vivant, il doit être appliqué dès réception.[/quote]SNAP![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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