Hay, tain't no worse than dog nuts.

Kevin, you're the rhodyguy.....I gots weevils on mine. They need to die, but I'm gettin tired of the "midnightw/flashlight&pliers" trick.

Is this your biggest hassle right now ?? NOTHING you can do to the car ??


B

Nopers, it just runnin'. I think maybe the MC is going tho. That ought to be good for 4-5 threads some day......in the mean time it's bugs

What the heck is a weevil? We doan got em here.
We gots termites tho, maybe we can work out a trade.

Weevils....almost did in the South when it attacked the cotton crop.

insecticidal soap? also check out a systemic pesticide, last choise for me. make sure the area under the drip line to the base of the plant is cleared of debris. brad, when bugs kill a $700 plus plant it hurts. it's not like they are a replaceable 914.

kevin

weevils wobble but they don't fall down!

Yep, those rust weevils are terrible when they attack a car, like the old 70 I had.
Look at the damage they did!

"If you have to choose, pick the lesser of two weevils."

Master and Commander

"weevil destroy you!"

What about an army of praying mantis' (to eat the weevils)? I've actually seen some around here last summer (are they native?). Can ladybugs eat the weevils?? Ladybugs sure are agressive.

(edited to make clearer what the heck I was saying...more scotch!)

like ladybugs (just another beatle, no that would be ringo), the mantis is your friend. carnivors in the insect world. they won't eat the plants.

kevin

Strawberry Root Weevils. Try spraying with Orothene insectacide every couple of weeks for abot 2 months. Not sure if it is still available cause of the tree huggers.

They'll come back after a time.

Dave

the tree huggers?

700$ PLANT ?? Holy shit Batman. Can you sell them later ??

Unlce Richy... that was friggin funny... brought a tear to my eye with laughter.




B

7%sevin dust knocks them on their asses.....

Ok Ok..

WTF is a Weevil ?? pics please


B

Google Image Search

I wanted to see JP's Weevils.

I only use Google image search for porn chics.


B

The neighbors haven't called the cops on me ...yet...creeping around the back yard with a flashlight & pliers, at 1 AM.... talkin' to meself.

I go out there with a camera/flash......that just might do it. 'Splain that to the cops..... "the 914 guys on the internet wanna see a picture of a weevil, officer"

Melathylon (sp?) Spray the plants and the tree huggers too.

brad, when estate sized houses are built, do you think they buy the 14" rhodys at homedespot? there is a triving highend landscape market for mature plants. if the weevils don't gettum.

kevin

I love shopping for big trees. There's the Hemi parked between rows of big 8-10' box Pepper trees.

The tree in the foreground will go for about 5 grand.
I'm picking up a $15K 84" box Chamaerops humilus next week (one of 4 needed). Exciting yes?!

Like my boss says, I get all the fun.

cool thread . love the ot. PLANT GUYS RULE!!! do you use one of the trucks with the hydrolic rams that go into the soil to dig holes and place the trees?

kevin

Yes, we do in fact rule.

No, the Vermeer spade is not commonly, if ever, used in SoCal. The boys down here excavate by hand, shaping the rootball, then side box, bottom box then crane it out. Or if the tree is being relocated on site and is good size, it can be rolled, or have a semi truck flatbed trailer backed up under it and move it on out.

I'll have to figure out how to scan the photo of the largest tree I've ever seen moved...in a 32' or so box. Sheesh.

I get to pick out and layout on the jobs mega bucks worth of trees every year. It's real fun.

man that rocks. if i wasn't a web designer, i'd do something with plants. i worked at a nursery through all four years of high school, and now that i've got my own family and house, i'm lovin' it. boxed trees are great, we had a nice gold-thread chamaecyparis (sp?) in a large pot, but the ice killed it.

our next job is to fill the yard with rhodies and salal!

~a

double-a when you plant em you can hide in em.

rhodyguy

a rhodyguy.

kevin

Geez Kevin things are really popping. Too bad you couldn't hide behind the flowers a little better. Still, they are spectacular enough that no one would notice the old guy with the mustache sneekin into the picture.

Dave

that old guy is a pain in the ass. i have to run him off the property all the time <_< .

kevin

Rhod...guy...Ohhhh. Now I get it.

Nice ones. You guys got the coolest gardens up there.