Morning Light: The Fetchland Gardening Wire

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Columba Jun 2021 8:33pm, 20 Jun 2021 21,139 posts	0 Columba The perfect and gentle variety came my way, Hanneke.
Hanneke Jun 2021 9:27pm, 20 Jun 2021 75,524 posts	0 Hanneke Lucky you! I have spent many hours today propping, pruning, chopping, deadheading, rescuing from underneath grass etc and weeded 2 wheelbarrows in the herb labyrinth. I have a vase full of rescues and things are looking a bit better this evening. Just come inside!
Mandymoo Jun 2021 2:23pm, 23 Jun 2021 12,048 posts	0 Mandymoo Ha e been weeding the veg patch today which resulted in picking of rhubarb which is now baked in a cake. Also picked some beetroot so that is currently cooking and will then be picked
Fragile Do Not Bend Jun 2021 5:33pm, 24 Jun 2021 8,562 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend This afternoon saw me crouching on the ground hunting for sawfly larvae after I saw a few stripped leaves on one of my redcurrants. I put the ones I found on top of the post that the bird feeders hang off, along with a small white butterfly caterpillar (I think) which was also on the redcurrant, but the birds were far more interested in the seeds. 🙄
Dvorak Jun 2021 8:06pm, 24 Jun 2021 22,703 posts	0 Dvorak The leaves are disappearing on one of my redcurrants, and a gooseberry. Last year, the gooseberry was pretty much stripped. Two years ago, the fruit was very poor (small and mildewy); last year it was pretty much non-existent. The bush, and its neighbour, which was less badly affected, but just as disappointing for fruit, may have to go. ION, it has been raining for several hours. On this occasion, I'm mainly pleased. The garden, particularly a lawn, needed it, as did the water bucket.
Hanneke Jun 2021 8:52pm, 24 Jun 2021 75,771 posts	0 Hanneke They are sawfly Dvorak. Try planting poached egg plants underneath, it dot rid of mine! It stops them from over-wintering in the soil.
sallykate Jun 2021 8:56pm, 24 Jun 2021 7,982 posts	0 sallykate When I had gooseberries in my garden at home I'd spend time picking all the sawfly off if I noticed any. I like the poached egg plant suggestion.
Hanneke Jun 2021 8:59pm, 24 Jun 2021 75,772 posts	0 Hanneke It worked for me! Put seed down at a client earlier this year, but didn't water, then forgot I did so have probably weeded out seedlings! Miss Muppet!
Columba Jun 2021 9:27pm, 24 Jun 2021 21,143 posts	0 Columba That's very interesting about the poached-egg plants, Hanneke. I have two gooseberry bushes, and both have been affected by sawfly the last three years, though still bore fruit and survived. I have poached-egg plants here and there, as I have read that they encourage pollinators; I'll make a point of putting some under the gooseberry bushes in future.
Garfield Jun 2021 9:29pm, 24 Jun 2021 15,776 posts	0 Garfield I had to google a poached egg plant!!