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Hanneke Sep 2023 1:31pm, 30 Sep 2023 111,839 posts	0 Hanneke I think the larvae don't like the roots of the poached egg plants. Someone told me and it has worked for everyone I tried it with. Not sure if it works for other saw fly... Worth a try!
jacdaw Sep 2023 1:32pm, 30 Sep 2023 4,077 posts	0 jacdaw How does the poached egg plant thing work? I can't think of a reason.
Hanneke Sep 2023 1:42pm, 30 Sep 2023 111,842 posts	0 Hanneke I think it stops the larvae from doing their thing under ground, so next year's generation is obliterated.
Fragile Do Not Bend Sep 2023 2:31pm, 30 Sep 2023 11,612 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend I tried scattering poached egg plant seeds around my gooseberries, then forgot I had done so, so I probably weeded them out 🤦‍♀️ I must try raising some in plugs to transplant instead. 😅
Cerrertonia Sep 2023 3:19pm, 30 Sep 2023 19,699 posts	0 Cerrertonia I think it stops the larvae from doing their thing under ground, so next year's generation is obliterated. Limnanthes flowers really attract hoverflies, and they flower early so it means you get pest-eating hoverfly larvae early on in the year. I guess the hoverfly larvae eat the sawfly larvae rather than it being anything directlly to do with the plants themselves?
Hanneke Sep 2023 3:40pm, 30 Sep 2023 111,843 posts	0 Hanneke FDNB I did the same! 😂
jacdaw Sep 2023 5:00pm, 30 Sep 2023 4,078 posts	0 jacdaw Predatory hoverfly larvae mostly eat aphids, so I don't think they would have much impact. Wasps are what you need! Ichneumons and vespids.
Ocelot Spleens Sep 2023 6:43pm, 30 Sep 2023 37,986 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I should try something, masses of Sawfly the last two seasons, doesn't seem to do much harm, but my roses look ragged, so a nice natural remedy would be good.
jacdaw Sep 2023 8:02pm, 30 Sep 2023 4,079 posts	0 jacdaw Put up a few nestboxes; I'm sure blue tits and great tits would go for the larvae, and the timing seems about right. I think ground beetles are helpful too, but I'm not sure how best to encourage them.
Hanneke Sep 2023 8:57pm, 30 Sep 2023 111,859 posts	0 Hanneke I bought 32 plants in 2 and 3 litre pots, including one Vitex shrub, for £69 today at the last gate sale of the season today. Chuffed! Having not bern able to garden this year until now, I am slowly getting rid of grass and weeds replacing it by plants, planting as densely as I can.

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