VINE WEEVIL

We are pleased to announce that Armillatox has now been approved by the Pesticides Safety Directorate to protect against vine weevil.

The trials were carried out by University Horticultural Services, Bangor and the recommended application rate is a fraction of the price of other approved controls on vine weevil.

Armillatox is made from an extract of British Coal (originally plant material) emulsified in the finest castor oil soap - it contains no organochlorine or organophosphates and is therefore totally biodegradable.

To control vine weevil, we target the egg, which unlike the larvae and the weevil does not move.

The eggs are very small, less that 1mm in diameter; the weevil has a short ovipositor laying her eggs on the compost or soil surface very close to the stem of the plant.

To sterilise the egg it is recommended that a 500 to 1 solution should be applied as a compost surface spray - this should be undertaken fortnightly mid March to October and monthly from November to mid March (10mls in 5 Litres water).

This method of application does not appear to inhibit any centipedes, which are a natural predator of the vine weevil and in addition will prevent the growth of moss on any over wintering stock.

 

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED