So does mine. I would be chuffed get half of that number at the momentcrop looks dire here. fantastic in autumn its now brown and stuffed with larvae. never seen so many, really cant see it performing. To think some get 6.7t/ha ?
End of spring....
Where pests are concerned, there are no rules anymore.Is it normal to see flee beetle adults at this time of year???
If the growing point has gone brown and crispy is that it ? Game over for that plant?
I saw one todaywhen tray testing my fert spreader a csfb jumped in the tray
I've got some plants that have had the growing point/green buds chewed and have gone brown. I assumed it must be csfb but when I've dissected the plant there's no damage in the the main stem so how have they got to the growing point? do They travel up on the outside of the plant. All the larvae I've found on the lower older leaves are still a 1/4 inch from the main stem.
If I recall correctly from listening to an ADAS entomologist decades ago larvae can exit a leaf petiole and migrate around a plant on the outside of the plant then burrow in again.