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Raspberry Beetle
Hello again
Haven't posted for a while - small toddler, big garden, too little time scenario - but I'd appreciate your help once again. Last year we had a fab crop of raspberries but they all had little grubs inside them. I understand that this is the larvae of the raspberry beetle. So I've looked up some sources to see how to prevent attack (organic if possible) and Pippa Greenwood suggests spraying with Derris (is that a dust or liquid) and that timing is critical - at the 'pink berry stage'. Does that mean just when the berry is forming, or when it starts turning ripe (which to my mind might be too late)? And as berries are forming all the time, does this mean lots of doses? It's so irritating - how do shops manage to have such lovely produce and yet home grown and tended gives 'nasties'. This was one of the things that always put me off my Gran's fruit when I was little. It was horrid to think that you had to soak them or put them in an airtight container to get bugs out - and how could you be sure they were all gone? And we just love picking strawberries straight off the plant and eating them and would love to do the same with the raspberries. All advice welcome. TIA --Poppy |
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