Garden Pests and Diseases: Dealing with Hibiscus Weevils in seeds., 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
All good advice--almost too much....

I have 3 perennial Hibiscus. The tall red--the tall white ("Luna")
and the Kopper King Hibiscus. They are all perennials.

This past summer was the 1st time the KK Hibiscus. made ANY seeds.
Of course--they too had the weevils. All are in different locations.
Seems the Weevil bugs seeks out Hibiscus and does their thing on them.
I believe these bugs are actually called the "Hibiscus Weevil".

It seems inevitable that seeds from the red and white will have weevils. NOT on all!
I have had it-- and now just cut off the seed heads and do not collect any seeds.
I have enough to share--w/o holes in them. Considering that one bloom
will produce a seed pod with about 100+ seeds in it, I have plenty.

Bonide Systemic Granules are all but unavailable any more. hard to find.
I still have a big jug--but to buy a new one would run about $30.
I still use it on all my plants I bring in for the winter--which is a zillion!
And--I have NEVER had any bugs on my plants because of it.

I am to the point in my gardening, in general, to just "laise fair"....Let it be!
I do not wish to go to any great lengths to do this and that. All my plants do OK--
all on their own. I am pushing 78--and don't feel like too much fussing...

I DO have some mite issues on my Brugmansias. I try to treat those with spraying.

At the Home Depot--there is a liquid and granular Systemic by Beyer for sale.
Maybe $15 each container.

Does anyone have a preference between liquid or granular Systemic?
Seems the liquid would work faster....

Thanks--Gita

This is just part of all the plants I bring in for the winter, They are ALL over--in every room.
They all do well and have always survived the winter and then I just put them all back outside.



Gita